Stanley D. Gehrt, PhD is professor of wildlife ecology at The Ohio State University and chair of the Center for Wildlife Research at the Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation. His research program focuses on various aspects of mammalian ecology, especially urban systems; dynamics of wildlife disease; and human-carnivore conflicts. He is principal investigator of one of the largest studies of coyotes to date: capturing and tracking more than 1,450 coyotes for the past twenty-two years in the Chicago area. His research has been featured in numerous print, radio, and television outlets, including PBS, ABC’s Nightline, NBC Nightly News, National Geographic, and the History Channel. He lives in Columbus, Ohio. Kerry Luft is executive vice president of the Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation in Dundee, Illinois. He previously spent nearly three decades in journalism, mostly at the Chicago Tribune, where he specialized in national and foreign news. He has written or edited five other books, including Wings Over Water, the companion book to the award-winning IMAX 3D film of the same name.
“Coyotes may be America’s most fascinating wild animal, and many of us starstruck by them have been eagerly awaiting this book. Stan Gehrt is the master researcher of the urban coyote phenomenon, and with Coyotes Among Us he has given city dwellers delighted (or alarmed) by coyotes a manual for understanding them. Enlivened by beautiful photos and frequent sidebars on individual animals, Coyotes Among Us is a treasure of ‘coexistence’ that will enrich every suburban reader who sees a coyote and wonders at the sight.” —Dan Flores, New York Times bestselling author of Coyote America and Wild New World