Coywolf numbers on the East coast are sky-rocketing: There are more than a million coywolves in the Northeast - Business Insider
Here is the original article from the Economist. The coywolf is a fascinating story of speciation potentially happening right in front of our eyes. Greater than the sum of its parts | The Economist
Coywolves are Taking Over Eastern North America Coywolves are Taking Over Eastern North America Coywolves are Taking Over Eastern North America | Smart News | Smithsonian There are more than a million coywolves in the Northeast - Tech Insider
A) isn't it time we start referring to this animal as the American Golden Wolf? B) if anyone reads science-fiction I recommend the recent novel Seveneves. The author must have a shared interest because a biologist character references the adaptability of a general canid species and how quickly it speciates to fill an existing biological niche. I'm kind of just joking with point A...but not really. And Seveneves is a really good story.
Roland Kays, one of the scientists who found that eastern coyotes have hybridized with wolves and dogs, argues that there is no such thing as a "coywolf". https://theconversation.com/yes-eastern-coyotes-are-hybrids-but-the-coywolf-is-not-a-thing-50368
