There was a time in my tiny sliver of southeast Colorado when coyotes came running to any death cry I sent into the air. Why? The population was healthy and, most importantly, human pressure was nil.

Coyotes howl to communicate with other coyotes so it makes sense that a lone coyote would seek higher ground in the hope that its cries would carry farther into the night. But the roof of a parked car ...

Dogs bark and cats meow. The lion roars and the little mouse squeaks. Birds sing songs and Dumbo toots a trumpeting song with his trunk. Dolphins are said to giggle, and a troupe of monkeys is full of ...

DEAR JOAN: I live behind Newhall Park. One recent morning a single coyote made, as best I can describe, a very loud, screeching, howling sound. The howling was such that it scared my cat under the bed ...