No, coyotes won't eat your kids. No, coyotes won't lure your dog away to make a meal of it. No, coyotes will not stay away from your neighborhood if you remove the one you've seen. New coyotes will arrive to take its place. That’s totally coyote.
For many, following a bird nestcam starts as a curiosity, then quickly veers toward obsession. And the high drama in the bird world can be as intense and dark as a Hollywood thriller.
Vultures have such bulletproof digestive systems they can even eat anthrax. But their powerful stomachs also serve an important environmental function.
Peregrine falcons were nearly wiped out by DDT. Nature blogger Kate St. John explains why this bird, one of the fastest in the world, is likely to be nesting in a city near you.