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 ...

In San Francisco, coyotes have claimed urban parks as their territories. (Courtesy of Janet Kessler) Now Janet Kessler is known in the area as the “Coyote Lady” for her extensive field research and ...

It seems that every nook and cranny of San Francisco's parks and greenbelts has a coyote or two hiding in it. As winter takes hold, I would estimate more than 100 coyotes in San Francisco, based ...

San Francisco’s coyotes are going after an unexpected source of prey, new study shows. Story by Amanda Bartlett • 1mo. O n a brisk Saturday morning in late September, ...

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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 ...

On the second floor of San Francisco's animal control offices, a poster-board map of the city sports blue, yellow and red pushpins, each one marking a coyote sighting. For most of the past decade ...

A person enters the Botanical Garden in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park in April 2023. Wildlife officers say a coyote that attacked a 5-year-old girl while she was playing during a supervised ...

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.

Coyotes in Golden Gate Park? That’s what San Francisco Animal Care & Control officials are receiving calls about. The animals have also been sighted in the Presidio and Bernal Heights, Animal ...