Coyotes have made a steady comeback in San Francisco after once being nearly wiped out, renewing a debate between those who ...

But in San Francisco, they have become ubiquitous, and the tension between humans and coyotes is growing. Some people adore them, and coyote mania has seeped into the city’s quirky culture.

Coyotes have made a steady comeback in San Francisco after once being nearly wiped out. Itay Hod reports on the conflict ...

SAN FRANCISCO—Claire Coyle was walking her two basset hounds at Crissy Field’s East beach last month when she saw a coyote saunter through the parking lot to the picnic area, lie on the grass ...

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It was not always like this. Coyotes are native to California and were widespread in San Francisco in the early 1900s, but residents considered them a part of the Wild West that needed to be removed.

A 5-year-old girl on an outing at San Francisco Botanical Garden was attacked and bitten by a coyote, resulting in three coyotes being euthanized over the weekend, officials said.

What San Francisco’s coyotes are eating. So what are coyotes eating in San Francisco? “A lot of human-provided food,” said lead author Tali Caspi, a Ph.D. candidate with the UC Davis Department of ...

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy was filming a John Deere commercial in the city last year when he spotted a woman walking with her child and dog, unaware that a coyote was trailing them.

The second most commonly eaten food group in San Francisco’s coyotes was small mammals, which were found in 73.8% of the collected samples and include invasive pest species such as black rats ...