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Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Some women in a relationship may refer to their cheating male partners as dogs, but a new study shows that women may have to start calling their men who stray something else if they want to be more accurate. Scientists at the Ohio State University studied urban coyotes living around Chicago and found them to be 100 percent faithful to their mating partner, according to a new study in the latest edition of the Journal of Mammalogy....
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Sept. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Accidental shootings resulting in death or injury are a primary concern outlined in a court challenge filed today against an illegal state rule that allows spotlight hunting of coyotes at night throughout North Carolina, including in the area inhabited by the only wild population of red wolves, one of the world's most endangered animals. The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) filed the court challenge against the...
COYOTE SPRINGS, Nev., Aug. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The developer and power district today flipped the switch to bring institutional, environmentally-friendly reliable electrical power to the Coyote Springs real estate development, marking an important milestone in the future development of the 43,000-acre master planned community in north-east Clark County and south-west Lincoln County. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120822/SF61466) "This is an essential and...
KEY WEST, Fla., Aug. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Coyote Ugly Saloon, the most famous bar on the planet, is opening its next US location in Key West, Florida, Coyote Ugly Saloon founder Liliana "Lil" Lovell announced today. The grand opening is scheduled for 9pm on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at the new bar located at 218 Duval Street. The general public is invited. "This is going to be a fun bar," quipped Lovell. "I like the uniqueness of Key West and its residents. I definitely...
USDA project used latest in remote trapping technology with great success. Cumming, GA (PRWEB) July 21, 2012 New Frequency’s award winning Trap-Alert® trap monitoring system and notification solution receives a "Thumbs Up!" from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) research project in Colorado. The Trap-Alert® system is a combination of hardware, software, GPS and wireless technologies that allows government agencies like the USDA, along with many professional...
A continued increase of Lyme disease in the United States, once linked to a recovering deer population, may instead be explained by a decline of the red fox, UC Santa Cruz researchers suggest in a new study. The team's findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, reveal that although deer populations have stabilized, Lyme disease has increased across the northeastern and midwestern United States over the past three decades. The increase coincides with...
Founders of HurryBack Distributing, LLC, Robert Oates and Eugene Pidgeon, are proud to announce the launch of ProLiveTraps.com. Customers seeking humane solutions to wildlife problems are invited to browse the site’s inventory of humane coyote, raccoon, squirrel, rat, chipmunk traps and more. Restraining poles, leashes, and animal handling gloves are also available. Visit the site’s new blog for details. Memphis, Tennessee (PRWEB) April 13, 2012 Web entrepreneurs Robert Oates and...
A new fossil study of North American Ice Age coyotes finds that modern coyotes are much smaller in size today than they were several during the Ice Age. Researchers studying museum collections of coyote skeletons dating from 38,000 years ago to the present day found the surprising change in size and have developed several theories as to why it occurred. Study co-author Julie Meachen of the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) in Durham, North Carolina says, “Pleistocene...
Eaglequest Golf Center at Coyote Creek of Surrey, BC has been honored with a recognition by Golf Range Magazine in its selection of "Top 100 Golf Practice Centers And Learning Facilities In America." SURREY, British Columbia, Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Announcing a special recognition appearing in the December, 2010 issue of Golf Range Magazine published by Golf Range Association of America. Eaglequest Golf Center at Coyote Creek was selected for the following honor:...
Changes in North American ecosystems over the past 150 years have caused coyotes to move from their native habitats in the plains and southwestern deserts of North America to habitats throughout the United States. In a new study, published Oct. 17 in the Journal of Mammalogy, researchers from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute’s Center for Conservation and Evolutionary Genetics used DNA from coyote scat (feces) to trace the route that led some of the animals to colonize in...
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The Mexican prairie dog (Cynomys mexicanus) is a rodent that is native to Mexico. It is related to squirrels and chipmunks. These prairie dogs prefer to burrow in soil without rocks on plains, and can live at altitudes between 5,250 and 7,200 feet. Its northern range includes San Luis Potosi and its southern range includes areas of Coahuila. The Mexican prairie dog can reach an average body length of up to seventeen inches, and an average weight of 2.2 pounds. The overall fur color is...
The American Badger, Taxidea taxus, is a North American badger, somewhat similar in appearance to the European Badger. It is found in the western and central United States, northern Mexico and central Canada. This animal prefers dry open areas with deep soils that are easy to dig, such as prairie regions. In Mexico, this animal is sometimes called "tlacoyote". Anatomy The stocky body is flattened covered with shaggy grizzled fur, and the legs are short and powerful. The legs have...
The gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) is a species of canine ranging from southern Canada, throughout most of the lower United States. It is also found in Central America, to Venezuela. This species and the closely related Island Fox are the only living members of the genus Urocyon, which is considered to be among the most primitive of the living canids. Description The gray fox has a pepper brown back, tawny sides, neck and legs, and a white belly. It has a black stripe along its...
The swift fox (Vulpes velox) is a small fox found in the western grasslands of North America, for example in Colorado, New Mexico and Texas. They also live in Saskatchewan and Alberta in Canada. Some mammalogists classify it as co specific with the Kit Fox, but many scientists have distinguished the latter from the swift fox. The reasons basically related to size. The kit fox is slightly larger than the swift fox, and the latter has a narrower snout. Swift foxes weigh about 4.41 to 6.61lb...
The red wolf, Canis rufus is the most rare and most endangered of all wolves. It is thought that its original distribution included much of eastern North America. Red wolves were found from Pennsylvania in the east, Florida in the south, and Texas in the west. On the basis of further study, its historic range is now thought to have extended further north into the northeastern USA and extreme eastern Canada. In the last century habitat destruction and hybridization with coyotes have brought...
