Coyotes Thriving Despite Pressures From Humans and Predators, Study Finds [Video]

The voices of the night, coyotes are incredibly resilient, even in the face of mounting environmental pressures.

A new study has found that the baying omnivores — the most successful predators in North America — are thriving and becoming even more successful, despite hunting, human development and competition with larger carnivores like pumas and black bears, a press release from University of New Hampshire (UNH) said.

In the study, researchers with UNH’s New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station (NHAES) give a detailed assessment of coyotes’ response to the threats they face in their ever-changing habitat.

“Once a rare sight in the northeastern United States, the eastern coyote has become a common presence across New Hampshire’s forests, farms and suburbs,” the press release said. “First arriving in the state in the 1940s from the Midwest, these predators have since spread throughout every county and are keen adapters to regular interactions with humans, livestockand larger …