As coyotes become more common in Connecticut, officials say they can pose risks to pets, livestock and occasionally humans.

Home, home on the range. So, the first thing I learned digging into this question is that it’s important to distinguish between a home range and a territory.

Use hazing techniques to chase a coyote out of your yard. If you see a coyote passing through, bang pots and pans, yell, or use an air horn to scare it off. They typically are skittish and will flee.

Many of them live in family units, and they might be spread across their home range. That howling might just be the call to say, “Hey, let’s come on back together. Let’s rejoin up.” Or, it could be ...

Coyotes are in every Pennsylvania county and adapt to every habitat and environment. Misconceptions have taken hold as their territory has expanded.

Known as the North American “song dog,” coyotes have the widest vocalization range of mammals other than humans, with 11 vocalizations ranging from alarm to warning to socialization. When Europeans ...

“Coyotes, being a wild predator, have a territory, and anything, any other canine in there represents a threat to their territory. So, sometimes the interaction between a pet dog and a coyote is ...

Coyotes tracked in the study had larger home ranges in areas with more pollution, higher population density and lower income compared with those in areas the researchers describe as less burdened.