Big-game jitters: Coyotes no match for wolves' hunting prowess

Friday, March 24, 2017 - 11:31 in Paleontology & Archaeology

As wolf populations plummeted, the eastern coyote assumed the role of apex predator in forests along the Atlantic Coast. New research, however, shows that the eastern coyote is no match for the wolf. While the eastern coyote can bring down moose and other large prey, it prefers to attack smaller animals and to scavenge.

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