The Palmetto State is home to three species of furbearers you might mistake for a stray dog: coyotes, red foxes and gray foxes. All three are out roaming more than usual. Here’s how to tell the ...

In second place was Greg Walker, of Hooversville, with a coyote weighing 37.4 pounds. Deremer, of Everett, took first-, second- and third-place honors in the red fox category with entries weighing ...

Climate change is reducing the Sierra snowpack, causing increased competition for food with coyotes. These foxes are jeopardized by inbreeding depression due to small population size and hybridization ...