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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Photo: Coyote-Tracking Web Site Exposes Canine, Human Troublemakers


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Wild coyotes, like the animal seen here, are being tracked and mapped in real time in Rhode Island as part of a project that uses the latest global positioning technology to study the animals' behaviors in an urban setting.

Project managers have also set up a publicly available Web site that displays the coyotes' movements in near-real time to help educate children and the concerned public.

Photograph courtesy R. H. Barrett/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service