Generally the hybridization of species gives evolution something to work with to deal with tough times. When food is low because of climate change or your habitat is being destroyed by humans ...

Meet the 'coywolf' a hybrid of a wolf and a coyote which is taking over the northeast of the U.S. The wild animal has been spotted roaming around West Virginia and in the land north of the Great ...

Follow researchers as they document the coywolf in New York City.

A grey wolf protects its kill. Wolves provide the predatory bulk and pack behavior for the coywolf, while the coyote and dog genes make the new canid more able to adapt to urban life. Joel Sartore ...

A coywolf is a hybrid species that has DNA from both coyotes and wolves. They evolved as wolves and wolf habitat were destroyed and coyotes, a traditional prey of wolves, moved into the areas that ...

Specifically, this genetic combination of the two animals seems especially well suited to its northern habitat — better suited than either parent species. The wolf genes allow the coyote to take ...

Canis rufus, the red wolf, was common in the southeastern United States from the Carolinas to central Texas. However, popular theory has it that predator control programs combined with habitat ...

The hybrids were better at dealing with tough times. For example, when food is low or their habitat is being destroyed, they adapt. 16 Photos World's strangest animals See gallery Related articles ...

The mysterious coywolf is a mixture of western coyote and eastern wolf. The coywolf, a mixture of western coyote and eastern wolf, is a remarkable new hybrid carnivore that is taking over ...

One eastern Coyote/coywolf research site says that the animal is found from New Jersey to Maine, weighs 30 to 45 pounds on average, and ranges in color from "blonde to darker black and brown, but ...

The coywolf, a mixture of western coyote and eastern wolf, is a remarkable new hybrid carnivore that is taking over territories once roamed by wolves and slipping unnoticed into our cities. Its ...

You can’t live in the Hudson Valley or the Northeast without hearing about the mysterious coywolf. From Facebook posts and YouTube videos to the Nextdoor app, the steady stream of chatter about ...