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Helping the Coywolf Along

October 5, 2009

Posted by Andrew Wetzler in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
biogems, coyotes, coywolves, recoveryplan, wolf, wolves

There’s an interesting article in Scientific American’s 60-Second Science blog about the influx of wolf-coyote hybrids (known as coywolves) into the Northeast.  The new arrivals seem poised to fill a niche left open by the eradication of their wolf cousins...continued

Wolves: good for antelopes (for coyotes, not so much)

March 3, 2008

Posted by Andrew Wetzler in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
antelope, coyotes, hunting, pronghorn, wolves, yellowstone

A new study in the journal Ecology, continues to confirm the remarkable effect that wolves are having on the greater Yellowstone ecosystem.  Scientists have long known that wolves kill or chase off coyotes whenever they encounter them, and the effect...continued

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Andrew Wetzler
Director, Endangered Species Project
Chicago
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