The mother of a 6-year-old boy is opening up about the moment a coyote attacked her son in Carson, California.

Officials note that coyote sightings are fairly common around Pebble Beach. Deer and other small animals have large ...

Turmoil in the federal government and a lack of support for conservation projects has created some uncertainty as the project ...

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.

But despite human urbanization, coyotes have expanded their habitat over hundreds of years. Around 2.89 to 4.7 million individual canines now inhabit every U.S. state except Hawaii, according to ...

While Niagara County’s coyotes generally steer clear of human contact, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation advises that during spring denning and pup-rearing, coyotes may ...

People often fear for their own safety, or for their children or pets, when they learn about coyotes in their neighborhoods. But these creatures actually bring some benefits to cities.

Science and Environment News For now, urban coyotes pose little threat to humans Updated: Jan. 24, 2010, 5:00 a.m. | Published: Jan. 24, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

In reality, coyotes commonly inhabit areas in close proximity to people, and suburban sprawl actually makes for ideal coyote habitat. A plentiful food supply (e.g., mice and other small mammals ...

The coyote population seems to have leveled off since the mid-1980s, naturalists say, but the number of complaints about the animal haven’t.

Scott Silver, director of the Queens Zoo, home to the city’s only coyote habitat, agreed that coyote populations are on the rise in areas around the city. “Coyotes have become more adaptable ...