Recent coyote sightings within the Capital Beltway have come as a surprise to many. But to George Mason professor Larry Rockwood, Environmental Science and Policy, and his team of graduate student researchers, the news isn't all that surprising. Rockwood, Kristi Robinson, Christine Bozarth, and Megan Draheim have been studying coyotes since 2001 as close as Quantico Marine Base, just 36 miles south of Washington, D.C.

text by: Lynn Burke

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