The Aztec name for the coyote was “coyotyl," which loosely translates ... coyotes help maintain avian diversity by keeping bird-eating predators in check. As opportunistic omnivores, coyotes feed on a ...

The team, led by UC Davis PhD student Tal Caspi, decided the best way to do this was to spend two and a half years sifting through — God bless surgical glove inventors — coyote poop. Since the animals ...