Coyotes are here to stay in North American cities — here’s how to appreciate them from a distance

Coyotes have become <a href="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.759.15149" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">practically ubiquitous</a> across the lower 48 United States, and they’re increasingly turning up in cities. The draws are <a href="https://urbancoyoteresearch.com/sites/default/files/resources/ecologycoyotes.pdf" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">abundant food and green space</a> in urban areas. At first these appearances were novelties, like the hot summer day in 2007 when a coyote wandered <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=3005523&page=1" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">into a Chicago Quiznos</a> sub shop and jumped into the beverage cooler. Within a few years, however, coyote sightings became common in <a href="https://narratively.com/tracking-the-great-coyote-invasion-of-nyc/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">the Bronx and Manhattan</a>. In 2021 a coyote strolled into a <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/08/22/coyote-in-classroom-los-angeles-back-to-school/8235396002/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Los Angeles Catholic school</a> classroom. They’re also appearing in <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-more-coyotes-are-adapting-to-urban-areas-in-canada-heres-why-they/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Canadian cities</a>. <a href="https://medium.com/the-conversation/coyotes-are-here-to-stay-in-north-american-cities-heres-how-to-appreciate-them-from-a-distance-8e1bb188336d">Click Here</a>