speciation

The one on the left is a coyote and the one on the right is a wolf. Hybrids can be anywhere in between. Does anyone remember when “speciation” meant something? Here’s an item from the Toronto news: “Meet the coywolf: A newly emerging species is behind the brazen attacks in Durham”: The predators that are plaguing Durham Region and showing up in urban areas appear to be an emerging species resulting from wolves and coyotes interbreeding. The larger, highly adaptable animals “have the wolf characteristics of pack hunting and aggression and the coyote characteristics of lack of fear of human-developed areas,” says Trent University geneticist Bradley White, who’s been studying the hybrids for 12 years. We’re seeing “evolution in action,” Read More ›