Yes, coyotes and wolves have hybridized in the past. In fact, Eastern coyotes are considered a distinct species from coyotes in other parts of the U.S. due to the presence of wolf and even domestic ...

How do you tell the difference? The biggest difference between a wolf and a coyote is size. Even compared to eastern coyotes, which are bigger than their western counterparts, gray wolves ...

This interbreeding also explains why Eastern coyotes are larger and more wolf-like than their western counterparts. “On average, they’re about 10 pounds heavier [than western coyotes],” Maine-based ...

It was a coyote in wolf’s clothing. The large, gray eastern coyote encountered last weekend by a jogger in Central Park is part wolf, according to biologists who told The Post all coyotes ...

It leaves the impression that they are a near 50-50 mix of wolf and coyote, and that just isn't the case, he said. "They are eastern coyotes," Gehrt said. "They aren't really different from other ...

“We acknowledge the only way to be certain is through DNA, but the evidence we have collected certainly points to an Eastern wolf.” Coyotes are not native to Maine. Wolves are ...

a spokesperson for the DEC. New York’s eastern coyote population, said Severino, has been shown to have a mix of coyote, wolf, and domestic dog genetics, as is the case with the DNA of this animal.

It’s a surprisingly complicated question, in part because eastern coyotes typically share some genetic material with wolves. “The question is: What is a wolf? And that is not as simple as it ...