Gotham Coyote Project

08/22/2023

03/02/2023

https://hellgatenyc.com/one-step-behind-the-coyotes-of-nyc

"That’s how you always see them. Running away. I’ve seen more coyote butts than coyote faces."

02/22/2023

There is a charismatic canid living in the eastern United States - the COYOTE! Coyotes in the region are the result of evolution occurring right under our noses!

Over the years these coyotes have acquired a number of sensational nicknames; both "Coywolf" and “Coydog” have been growing in popularity. However, the scientific community calls all the coyotes in the northeast Eastern Coyotes.

Ecologist and evolutionary biologist Javier Monzón, previously at Stony Brook University in New York, now at Pepperdine University in California, analyzed the DNA of 437 eastern coyotes and found the genes contain all three canids -- dog, wolf, and coyote.

According to Monzón's research, about 64% of the eastern coyote's genome is coyote (Canis latrans), 13% gray wolf (Canis lupus), 13% Eastern wolf (Canis lycaon), and 10% dog (Canis familiaris). Sounds like a recipe for canis soup!

(To be clear - every coyote in the northeast is an eastern coyote)

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12/22/2022

https://www.wnyc.org/story/why-coyotes-arent-leaving-new-york-city-anytime-soon/

According to Gotham Coyote Project, the furry canids are adapting to human food, changing their family habits and swimming through the East River.

12/22/2022

https://gothamist.com/news/do-coyotes-live-new-york-city-yes-they-are-not-leaving-anytime-soon?fbclid=IwAR0_ZG7u6X4nSLms0Ljqg0kTkhJoJyEx2Z4xErxe-AWAJbZR8ExgyiJId9o

According to Gotham Coyote Project, the furry canids are adapting to human food, changing their family habits and swimming through the East River.

12/21/2022

https://au.news.yahoo.com/new-york-city-map-reveals-horrifying-statistic-birds-audubon-030443508.html

Over 200,000 birds are dying en masse each year in New York City. Find out why.

12/19/2022

https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2022-12-16/essential-california-p-22-mountain-lion-legacy-essential-california?fbclid=IwAR33R1MdFPhzi8ah_IWT4QeRB07jyEF06j2RbiIPJWF3k5YRTGxepUVkDI0

Famed mountain lion P-22 survived this long despite us. His story could save his local kin.

11/29/2022

Giving Tuesday is a day of giving that follows the frenzy of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Giving Tuesday reminds us to take a moment to reflect on the importance of the natural world and help ensure its future for all of us.

If you wish to support the work of Gotham Coyote, please consider a donation to our home and founding organization, the Mianus River Gorge.

https://mianus.org/donate/

You can learn more about the Gorge at our website, http://mianus.org

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10/28/2022

New paper finds some interesting ancestry for our coyotes.
Thanks to our friends at Princeton and AMNH!

Coyotes are ubiquitous on the North American landscape as a result of their recent expansion across the continent. They have been documented in the heart of some of the most urbanized cities, such as Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York City. Here, we explored the genomic composition of 16 coyotes in....

10/04/2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/03/science/coyotes-new-york-diets.html

The canine species seems to prefer the tastes of its homes in the wild over the movable feasts left behind by humans.

08/03/2022

https://scienceline.org/2022/07/making-the-city-that-never-sleeps-safer-for-birds/

New York City is at the center of a political fight over dimming nighttime lights that attract and kill migrating birds.