Eastern coyotes have a German shepherd-like appearance ... Their young are born 60-63 days later, usually in a ground den (often a renovated woodchuck or fox den), but sometimes in hollow logs or rock ...

Eastern coyotes, also known as coywolves, have been spotted in cities across the northeastern United States. People may not realize that this isn't your typical coyote; in fact, it's a new species ...

So when coyotes were first seen here on eastern Long Island, it was a very welcoming sight for naturalists such as myself because we have a natural expansion of an animal that's not being brought ...