Hunts may not be an effective way to control coyote populations after all. A study by the University of New Hampshire (UNH) concludes that human hunting practices may actually contribute to increasing ...

Litter sizes vary from 2-10, with 5-6 being the average. Larger litters are usually born when coyote populations are well fed or their numbers are low. It is this tendency to produce more young when ...

Coyotes adapt to different habitats, with hunting sometimes boosting their numbers by increasing young populations.

Long Bridge. “It was big. It was bigger than the average coyote. It looked more like wolf size,” said Dumas. Schmidt notes that some coyotes may be larger due to interbreeding with red wolves ...