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Eastern Coyotes: Coming to Your Neighborhood

If you live anywhere in the eastern United States, whether in a city, suburbs or rural area, chances are there is a coyote family living near you. These are not the mythical "coy dogs," a cross between western coyotes and dogs, you may have heard about, they're a brand new species. The eastern coyote (Canis latrans) is a mixture of wolf, western coyote, dog, and eastern wolf. They were first noticed in the 1930's and 1940's in the Great Lakes Region and then spread rapidly to cover [...]

Zombie Forests – Fighting Back

Spring is at hand here in the northeastern US, and soon we'll all be out enjoying walks in our local and state forests, soaking in the refreshing greenery. But few of us realize that what we're strolling through are Zombie Forests, long dead and reaching out to touch us. At some time during the past few decades, white-tailed deer have eaten every native plant within reach, leaving behind only a handful of invasive species. And because these Zombie Forests are green, they appear as acceptable alternatives to the [...]