With wolves absent from most of eastern North America, can coyotes replace them?

By: Alex Jensen, North Carolina State University, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: December 18, 2025

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Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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By Alex Jensen, North Carolina State University

Imagine a healthy forest, home to a variety of species: Birds are flitting between tree branches, salamanders are sliding through leaf litter, and wolves are tracking the scent of deer through the understory. Each of these animals has a role in the forest, and most ecologists would argue that losing any one of these species would be bad for the ecosystem as a whole.

Unfortunately – whether due …

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