Coyotes are making their way into urban neighborhoods across the U.S. In the new book Coyotes Among Us, a wildlife ecologist draws from more than two decades of experience to dispel pervasive coyote myths and make the case for why humans should embrace living near coyotes.

Read my Q&A with Dr. Stanley Gehrt of the Urban Coyote Research Project: Learning to Live With the Coyotes Next Door.