In ancient times, when woolly mammoths and cave bears roamed Earth, coyotes boasted bigger bodies, rivaling the size of wolves, only to shrink to near modern size about the same time these ...

The researchers saw that coyotes began changing in size at the end of the Pleistocene about 11,000 years ago, when many species of megafauna began going extinct and the climate altered dramatically.

In a 2012 study by Meachen and her colleagues, the researchers found that coyote body size grew smaller over time. The new study was published today (Dec. 31) in the journal PLOS ONE.

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, on average, weigh twice as much and are ...

Coyotes and wolves share a closely related evolutionary history. But if you study coyote vs. wolf characteristics further, you'll discover there are important differences between the two canid species ...

A new coyote home is under construction at the River Trail Nature Center near Northbrook. Work is progressing on the 2,500-square-foot outdoor enclosure that will be nearly 10 times the size of a ...

The researchers saw that coyotes began changing in size at the end of the Pleistocene about 11,000 years ago, when many species of megafauna began going extinct and the climate altered dramatically.