A study of more than 700 coyote scat samples in San Francisco found that the wild canines are scavenging human food — tons of it. Chicken was the animals’ top food source, found in three-quarters of ...
As their traditional dining options dwindle and natural areas give way to restaurants, homes and sidewalks, the coyotes of San Francisco are shifting what they eat.
Over the last two decades, coyotes triumphantly returned to San Francisco after being previously wiped out from the area in the early 20th century. Now that these ...
Despite their reliance on human food, coyotes still hunt natural prey when available. Pocket gophers, a common rodent in the area, were the second most frequent food source, found in 57% of scat ...
On a brisk Saturday morning in late September, Tali Caspi stood behind an information booth she had just set up on the sandy shoreline of Crissy Field near the East Beach parking lot. It was draped ...