“Our Eastern Coyote (Canis latrans) … was first noticed around 1930 or so spreading East near the Great Lakes, as Western Coyotes wandered over and took over the areas vacated by most gray wolves.

Coyotes vocalizes. Image via Unsplash While many large predators have declined in the face of human expansion, coyotes (Canis latrans) have done the opposite—they’ve expanded their range dramatically.