Tag: animals

• Kinky Tail survives (September 26, 2026)

  A brief exchange about Kinky Tail, a Californian coyote seen by local wildlife observers to have birthed and raised nine pups all by herself earlier this year, after the death of her mate and oldest child to the many threats all around them—wolves, probably, or humans, both violently territorial.

• The toy-making raccoons of Cozumel (September 25, 2026)

  On a Mexican resort island, scientists observe raccoons creating toys from trash and teaching other raccoons how to do it, a first for this species.

• Coyotes on two coasts (September 13, 2025)

  Janet Kessler lives in San Fransisco and maintains Coyote Yipps, a blog that documents her observations about the local coyotes living their lives. Her most recent post features a coyote dad musically summoning its family before beginning the evening together. My favorite post is a photo collection of a young, solitary coyote who digs up a clearly beloved toy on a golf course, plays energetically with it, then re-buries it. It has a sad angle; Kessler tracks and observes these animals well enough to know their individual stories, including how this one had recently lost its brother and playmate.