Medium-sized carnivores walk a fine line between finding food and finding food
Researchers found that medium-sized carnivores like coyotes in northern Yellowstone National Park completely avoid cougars at all costs, while tracking wolves’ movements and whereabouts. Conversely, other intermediate predators, such as the red fox, often do the opposite. These contrasting strategies demonstrate that the lives of the park’s small predators are a series of species-specific calculations … Read more
