Will-o'-the-Wisp

Ishizuchi Salamander (Hynobius hirosei), family Hynobiidae, found in steep, high elevation streams on Shikoku Island, Japan

1. Although sea turtles face enormous challenges in our current world, the rules and regulations designed to protect them here in Florida do seem to be helping. Green sea turtle nests in Florida increased from ~4,000 nests in the 1980s to over 230,000 in the 2010s. (Source)

2. Endangered smalltooth sawfish had a really bad few years due to a mysterious illness, but the most recent studies suggest the species is recovering and the old nurseries in the Indian River Lagoon are filled with baby sawfish (Source)

3. Our North Atlantic Right Whales had a great calving season this year, with the highest number of calves recorded in twenty years! (Source)

4. The passing of the State Parks Preservation Act and the Conservation Lands Bill represent a huge win for wildlife in the state! This legislation strengthens protections for state parks and wildlife management areas, which will hopefully make it much harder for certain scumbag real estate groups and politicians to secretly “swap” (aka steal) public lands for development. (Source)

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Antique Victorian Silver Banded Agate Anchor Brooch

Also they're normally natural enemies in the wild but sometimes they occasionally hybridize?

depends on the wolf! for this exercise we'll assume a median coyote size of 30 lbs.

while all north american wolves are technically grey wolves (except the mexican red wolf!) there are more than twenty subspecies of the damn things, all of which can differ significantly in size and appearance! (many now displaced with some extinct)

for example, the mexican wolf is only barely bigger than a large coyote, with adults reaching the 50-90 lb range.

whereas the northern rocky mountain wolf has any coyote massively outclassed, ranging between 80-150 lbs!

most other north american wolves range somewhere in between. but this is why we don't say "the size of a wolf" much as a figure of speech, because they come in so many different sizes!

and when wolves and coyotes hybridize, it's generally because there's no other potential partners in the area for either animal, so they start being willing to look a little farther up the family tree, so to speak!