Scientific Articles
Henger CS, Hargous E, Nagy CM, Weckel M, Wultsch C, Krampis K, Duncan N, Gormezano L, Munshi-South J. 2022. DNA metabarcoding reveals that coyotes in New York City consume wide variety of native prey species and human food. PeerJ 10:e13788 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13788
Kays, Roland, Cove, Michael V., Diaz, Jose, Todd, Kimberly, Bresnan, Claire, Snider, Matt, Lee, Thomas E., et al. 2022. “ SNAPSHOT USA 2020: A Second Coordinated National Camera Trap Survey of the United States during the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Ecology 103( 10): e3775. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3775
Caragiulo A, Gaughran SJ, Duncan N, Nagy C, Weckel M, vonHoldt BM. 2022. Coyotes in New York City Carry Variable Genomic Dog Ancestry and Influence Their Interactions with Humans. Genes. 2022; 13(9):1661. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes13091661
Bradfield AA, Nagy CM, Weckel M, Lahti DC and Habig B (2022) Predictors of Mammalian Diversity in the New York Metropolitan Area. Front. Ecol. Evol. 10:903211. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2022.903211
Hubbard, T., Cove, M.V., Green, A.M. et al. 2022. Human presence drives bobcat interactions among the U.S. carnivore guild. Biodiversity and Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-022-02445-2.
N Duncan, O Asher, M Weckel, C Nagy, C Henger, F Yau, L Gormanzano. 2020. Baseline diet of an urban carnivore on an expanding range front. Journal of Urban Ecology, Volume 6, Issue 1, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1093/jue/juaa021
Henger, C. S., G. A. Herrera, C. M. Nagy, M.E. Weckel, L.J. Gormenzano, C. Wultsch, and J. Munshi-South. 2019. Genetic diversity and relatedness of a recently established population of eastern coyotes (Canis latrans) in New York City. Urban Ecosystems https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-019-00918-x
Manzolilo, B., C.S. Henger, T. Graham, N. Hall, and A. H. Toomey. 2019. Are Coyotes “Natural”? Differences in Perceptions of Coyotes Among Urban and Suburban Park Users. Cities and the Environment. 12: 2
DeCandia, A., C.S. Henger, A. Krause, L.J. Gormezano, M. Weckel, C. Nagy, J. Munshi-South, B.M. vonHoldt. 2019. Genetics of urban colonization: neutral and adaptive variation in coyotes (Canis latrans) inhabiting the New York metropolitan area, Journal of Urban Ecology, Volume 5, Issue 1, https://doi.org/10.1093/jue/juz002
Nagy, C., M. Weckel, J. Monzon, N. Duncan, M.R. Rosenthal. 2017. Initial colonization of Long Island, New York by the eastern coyote Canis latrans (Carnivora, Canidae), including first record of breeding. Checklist 13(6): 901-907.
Nagy, C.M., C. Koestner, S. Clemente, and M. Weckel. 2016. Occupancy and Breeding Status of Coyotes in New York City Parks, 2011 to 2014. Urban Naturalist, No. 9 : 1–16.
M Weckel, A Wincorn. 2016. Urban conservation: The northeastern coyote as a flagship species. Landscape and Urban Planning 150:10-15.
Weckel, M., D. A. Bogan, R. L. Burke, C. Nagy, W.F. Siemer, T. Green, and N. Mitchell. 2015. A research agenda to study the socio-ecological impacts of coyote range expansion on Long Island pre- and post-arrival. Cities and the Environment 8.
Nagy, C., M. Weckel, A. Toomey, C.E. Burns, J. Peltz. 2012. Validation of a Citizen Science-Based Model of Coyote Occupancy with Camera Traps in Suburban and Urban New York, USA. Wildlife Biology in Practice Vol. 8, No. 1 (2012).
Toomey, A., M. Weckel, C. Nagy, L. J. Gormezano, and S. Silver. 2012. The Last Frontier: The Eastern Coyote in New York City. Wildlife Professional Spring 2012:54-57.
Weckel, M., D. Mack, C. Nagy, R. Christie, and A. Wincorn. 2010. Using citizen science to map human-coyote interaction in suburban New York, USA. Journal of Wildlife Management 74: 1163-1171
Kays, Roland, Cove, Michael V., Diaz, Jose, Todd, Kimberly, Bresnan, Claire, Snider, Matt, Lee, Thomas E., et al. 2022. “ SNAPSHOT USA 2020: A Second Coordinated National Camera Trap Survey of the United States during the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Ecology 103( 10): e3775. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3775
Caragiulo A, Gaughran SJ, Duncan N, Nagy C, Weckel M, vonHoldt BM. 2022. Coyotes in New York City Carry Variable Genomic Dog Ancestry and Influence Their Interactions with Humans. Genes. 2022; 13(9):1661. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes13091661
Bradfield AA, Nagy CM, Weckel M, Lahti DC and Habig B (2022) Predictors of Mammalian Diversity in the New York Metropolitan Area. Front. Ecol. Evol. 10:903211. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2022.903211
Hubbard, T., Cove, M.V., Green, A.M. et al. 2022. Human presence drives bobcat interactions among the U.S. carnivore guild. Biodiversity and Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-022-02445-2.
N Duncan, O Asher, M Weckel, C Nagy, C Henger, F Yau, L Gormanzano. 2020. Baseline diet of an urban carnivore on an expanding range front. Journal of Urban Ecology, Volume 6, Issue 1, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1093/jue/juaa021
Henger, C. S., G. A. Herrera, C. M. Nagy, M.E. Weckel, L.J. Gormenzano, C. Wultsch, and J. Munshi-South. 2019. Genetic diversity and relatedness of a recently established population of eastern coyotes (Canis latrans) in New York City. Urban Ecosystems https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-019-00918-x
Manzolilo, B., C.S. Henger, T. Graham, N. Hall, and A. H. Toomey. 2019. Are Coyotes “Natural”? Differences in Perceptions of Coyotes Among Urban and Suburban Park Users. Cities and the Environment. 12: 2
DeCandia, A., C.S. Henger, A. Krause, L.J. Gormezano, M. Weckel, C. Nagy, J. Munshi-South, B.M. vonHoldt. 2019. Genetics of urban colonization: neutral and adaptive variation in coyotes (Canis latrans) inhabiting the New York metropolitan area, Journal of Urban Ecology, Volume 5, Issue 1, https://doi.org/10.1093/jue/juz002
Nagy, C., M. Weckel, J. Monzon, N. Duncan, M.R. Rosenthal. 2017. Initial colonization of Long Island, New York by the eastern coyote Canis latrans (Carnivora, Canidae), including first record of breeding. Checklist 13(6): 901-907.
Nagy, C.M., C. Koestner, S. Clemente, and M. Weckel. 2016. Occupancy and Breeding Status of Coyotes in New York City Parks, 2011 to 2014. Urban Naturalist, No. 9 : 1–16.
M Weckel, A Wincorn. 2016. Urban conservation: The northeastern coyote as a flagship species. Landscape and Urban Planning 150:10-15.
Weckel, M., D. A. Bogan, R. L. Burke, C. Nagy, W.F. Siemer, T. Green, and N. Mitchell. 2015. A research agenda to study the socio-ecological impacts of coyote range expansion on Long Island pre- and post-arrival. Cities and the Environment 8.
Nagy, C., M. Weckel, A. Toomey, C.E. Burns, J. Peltz. 2012. Validation of a Citizen Science-Based Model of Coyote Occupancy with Camera Traps in Suburban and Urban New York, USA. Wildlife Biology in Practice Vol. 8, No. 1 (2012).
Toomey, A., M. Weckel, C. Nagy, L. J. Gormezano, and S. Silver. 2012. The Last Frontier: The Eastern Coyote in New York City. Wildlife Professional Spring 2012:54-57.
Weckel, M., D. Mack, C. Nagy, R. Christie, and A. Wincorn. 2010. Using citizen science to map human-coyote interaction in suburban New York, USA. Journal of Wildlife Management 74: 1163-1171
Media, Articles, Press
9/2022: NYT Trilobites: "Coyotes came to New York City, but not for our pizza" by Bethany Brookshire
6/2022: “Coyote Talks with the Gotham Coyote Project,” Angry Environmentalist podcast
12/2019: “Gotham Coyote Project with Chris Nagy,” In the Weeds podcast
2/2019: Catapult Magazine, "An Icon of the American Wilderness is Alive in the Bronx" by Lenora Todaro
7/2018: amNY, “Gotham Coyote Project tracking coyotes across NYC, studying behavior” by Lisa L. Colangelo
11/2016: Mental Floss, “How Scientists are Using Poop to Study NYC’s Coyote Population” by Erin McCarthy
10/2016: Village Voice, “How Coyotes Conquered New York” by Jon Campbell
5/2016: NatGeo Wild, “The Wolves of Wall Street“
4/2016: National Geographic, “How Wild Animals Are Hacking Life in the City” by Christine Dell’Amore
2/2016: Epoch Times, “Coyotes in New York City – We Have Nothing to Fear” by Stuat Liess
1/2016: New York Times, “Raccoons invade Brooklyn” by Annie Correal
12/2015: Newsweek, “Part coyote, part wolf, part dog: Enter the coywolf” by Sarah Deweerdt
10/2015: Economist, “Greater than the sum of its parts” by Benjamin Sutherland
8/2015: Scientific American, “Cameras catch coyotes as they take Manhattan” by Rebecca Harrington
7/2015: Slate, “New York needs coyotes” by Lance Richardson
7/2015: Mental Floss, “What are Coyotes Doing in the Big Apple?” by Samantha Larson
5/2015: New York Magazine, “Why coyotes are flourishing in New York City” by Jen Kirby
5/2015: Narrative.ly, “Tracking the great coyote invasion of NYC” by Tove Danovich
4/2015: NY1: “Coyotes, deer, bald eagles among wildlife appearing across City” by Erin Clarke
4/2015: Newsweek, “Coyotes are New York’s newest immigrants” by Joanna Klein
4/2015: New York Times, “A coyote eludes the police in the upper west side” by Benjamin Mueller and Lisa Foderaro
4/2015: CBS New York, “Coyote sightings reported left and right in the heart of Manhattan“
4/2015: Newsday, “Coyotes breeding on Long Island ‘inevitable,’ researchers say” by Patricia Kitchen
4/2015: Christian Science Monitor, “Despite high rents, coyotes live in NYC” by Lisa Suhay
4/2015: Associated Press, “Coyote urban: String of sightings this year” by Jennifer Peltz
4/2015: Daily News, “Coyotes deserve a warmer welcome by New Yorkers, says wildlife biologist” by Lisa Colangelo
3/2015: Epoch Times, “Coyotes in New York – We Have Nothing to Fear” by Stuart Liess
3/2015: New York Times, “That Howling? Just New York’s Neighborhood Coyotes“ by Lisa Foderaro
2/2015: The Record, “Coyotes Right at Home in NJ Suburbs” by James O’Neill
12/2014: Fox 5 News, New York “Coyotes in New York City” by Liz Dahlem
New York News
9/2014: JSTOR Magazine: Keeping up with the Carnivores, by Laura Allen
Gotham Coyote Project from JSTOR on Vimeo.
1/2014: PBS Nature: “Meet the Coywolf” (also available on Netflix Streaming)
11/2014: Swedish TV’s Mitt i Naturen
Episode 3, 2014
3/2012: Science Friday on NPR
6/2022: “Coyote Talks with the Gotham Coyote Project,” Angry Environmentalist podcast
12/2019: “Gotham Coyote Project with Chris Nagy,” In the Weeds podcast
2/2019: Catapult Magazine, "An Icon of the American Wilderness is Alive in the Bronx" by Lenora Todaro
7/2018: amNY, “Gotham Coyote Project tracking coyotes across NYC, studying behavior” by Lisa L. Colangelo
11/2016: Mental Floss, “How Scientists are Using Poop to Study NYC’s Coyote Population” by Erin McCarthy
10/2016: Village Voice, “How Coyotes Conquered New York” by Jon Campbell
5/2016: NatGeo Wild, “The Wolves of Wall Street“
4/2016: National Geographic, “How Wild Animals Are Hacking Life in the City” by Christine Dell’Amore
2/2016: Epoch Times, “Coyotes in New York City – We Have Nothing to Fear” by Stuat Liess
1/2016: New York Times, “Raccoons invade Brooklyn” by Annie Correal
12/2015: Newsweek, “Part coyote, part wolf, part dog: Enter the coywolf” by Sarah Deweerdt
10/2015: Economist, “Greater than the sum of its parts” by Benjamin Sutherland
8/2015: Scientific American, “Cameras catch coyotes as they take Manhattan” by Rebecca Harrington
7/2015: Slate, “New York needs coyotes” by Lance Richardson
7/2015: Mental Floss, “What are Coyotes Doing in the Big Apple?” by Samantha Larson
5/2015: New York Magazine, “Why coyotes are flourishing in New York City” by Jen Kirby
5/2015: Narrative.ly, “Tracking the great coyote invasion of NYC” by Tove Danovich
4/2015: NY1: “Coyotes, deer, bald eagles among wildlife appearing across City” by Erin Clarke
4/2015: Newsweek, “Coyotes are New York’s newest immigrants” by Joanna Klein
4/2015: New York Times, “A coyote eludes the police in the upper west side” by Benjamin Mueller and Lisa Foderaro
4/2015: CBS New York, “Coyote sightings reported left and right in the heart of Manhattan“
4/2015: Newsday, “Coyotes breeding on Long Island ‘inevitable,’ researchers say” by Patricia Kitchen
4/2015: Christian Science Monitor, “Despite high rents, coyotes live in NYC” by Lisa Suhay
4/2015: Associated Press, “Coyote urban: String of sightings this year” by Jennifer Peltz
4/2015: Daily News, “Coyotes deserve a warmer welcome by New Yorkers, says wildlife biologist” by Lisa Colangelo
3/2015: Epoch Times, “Coyotes in New York – We Have Nothing to Fear” by Stuart Liess
3/2015: New York Times, “That Howling? Just New York’s Neighborhood Coyotes“ by Lisa Foderaro
2/2015: The Record, “Coyotes Right at Home in NJ Suburbs” by James O’Neill
12/2014: Fox 5 News, New York “Coyotes in New York City” by Liz Dahlem
New York News
9/2014: JSTOR Magazine: Keeping up with the Carnivores, by Laura Allen
Gotham Coyote Project from JSTOR on Vimeo.
1/2014: PBS Nature: “Meet the Coywolf” (also available on Netflix Streaming)
11/2014: Swedish TV’s Mitt i Naturen
Episode 3, 2014
3/2012: Science Friday on NPR
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