Photo: © Annica Kreuter/Project Coyote

Join hosts Susan Brandt and Marney Blair as they chat about the incredibly beautiful, adaptable and clever coyotes that live amongst us in rural, suburban and urban areas. But how much do we really know about them? 

Guests on the show include:

Marc Bekoff, professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and a former Guggenheim fellow. He has published more than a thousand scientific and popular essays and thirty books, including many books he co-authored with one of the world’s greatest conservationists Jane Goodall. His ground breaking work brings us the research to help us better understand coyotes. 

Shelly Covert is a spokesperson for the Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribe who are direct, lineal descendants of the original indigenous people who inhabited Northern California thousands of years before the gold rush. Delight in her telling of the coyote/creator story and relating the many diverse characteristics of the coyote that reflect human morality and bring us important lessons to consider. 

School teachers are encouraged to use Critter Chat for their students. Blair and Brandt are developing teaching notes that include vocabulary words such as “diurnal” and conversations about the meaning of coyote vocalizations that include “yip howling.”

See critterchat.org for show notes and resources.