In an unexpected twist of events, both the man and the SDHS officers were shocked to learn that this was no sleepy puppy under his roof — it was a baby coyote. Confirming the shocking find on ...

Most of the time, the coyotes start by eating the brain, tearing off the baby seals' heads to get to it. Between 2016 and 2023 scientists discovered the remains of over 50 pups that had been ...

but everybody loves baby seals.” This is a natural interaction between two native species, Gerraty explains. And while California coyotes might have hunted harbor-seal pups for centuries ...

Led by UC Santa Cruz Ph.D. student Frankie Gerraty, the team recorded three instances of a coyote dragging a baby harbor seal away from the beach ... the rookery have found the bodies of over 50 pups ...