Canis lupus (Gray wolf).



Rewilding the World
Biologists have been warning that we are in currently in a period of mass species extinction without a comprehensive plan to reverse this trend. Caroline Fraser, author of “Rewilding the World,” talks with Living On Earth’s Steve Curwood about how a modern technique called rewilding may be able to preserve the world’s biodiversity.

New England Gray Wolf Sighting
"Wildlife experts are reporting the potentially historic sighting of a gray wolf in New England. Animal expert and author Vicki Croke joins with more information" (NECN).

New World Wolves and Coyotes Owe Debt to Dogs
"In a bit of genetic sleuthing, a team of researchers has determined that black wolves and coyotes in North America got their distinctive color from dogs that carried a gene mutation to the New World" (Derr, Mark).

New Finding Puts Origins of Dogs
in Middle East
"Borrowing methods developed to study the genetics of human disease, researchers have concluded that dogs were probably first domesticated from wolves somewhere in the Middle East, in contrast to an earlier survey suggesting dogs originated in East Asia"
(Wade, Nicholas).

Canis latrans (Eastern coyote).

Hybridization between eastern wolves and coyotes "...occurs in Ontario, and the overall goal of the project is to provide a greater understanding of the mechanisms underlying this hybridization and the consequences for wolf conservation" (John Benson).

Coyotes are on the prowl, experts warn
" We might be in the dead of winter, but for coyotes, a combination of hunger and hormones means this is the time to be out and about" (Andrew Klappholz).

Coyotes have made themselves at home in a South Burlington neighborhood
"Coyotes are coming to dinner in South Burlington. They don’t howl for their supper as they circle the Butler Farms/Oak Creek neighborhoods.
“It’s more of a yip,” said resident Kate Murphy DeCoff last week"
(Burlington Free Press).

Coywolves; hybrid wolf-coyotes in New England?
"The dramatic expansion of the geographical range of coyotes over the last 90 years is partly explained by changes to the landscape and local extinctions of wolves, but hybridization may also have facilitated their movement" (Discover).

License to Kill , by Carey Mulligan
"In Idaho and Montana, in early 2009, gray wolves were removed from the endangered species list and left to the mercy of state “management plans...”
(NY Times).

A New Breed of Coyote
"Chris Schadler has a message: The region's coyotes are bigger and bolder than ever, and they're not going away..." (Concord Monitor Article).

Eastern coyotes have a touch of wolf in them
" It usually takes a special kind of coyote to win the annual hunt put on by the Mosquito Creek Sportsmen's Association" (Fry, Bob).

Tough Food Makes Coyotes Better Biters
"Throw a coyote a bone, and you may just change the shape of its skull. Research presented here this week at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society reveals that when these canines chew on hard objects as pups, bones in their skulls become shorter and thicker, allowing them to eat a wider variety of food as adults. The researchers say this is the first time food has been shown to have such a dramatic impact on the anatomy of any animal." (Arnold, Carrie).