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.

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 ...

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.

San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency interim chief Julie Kirschbaum told the SFMTA board of directors on Tuesday that two northbound coyotes were observed entering the Central Subway tunnel ...

S arah Siegel was walking her two small dogs at San Francisco’s Crissy Field on a recent cold and foggy evening in September when she and her husband heard a strange hissing sound. Siegel turned ...

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.

Coyotes are not uncommon in San Francisco. In September, the National Park Service shared "coyote alerts" after three dogs were killed by the wild dogs. According to an urban wildlife expert at UC ...

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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