Coyotes expanding into new territories across North America may be driving a surge in Lyme disease.
DOESN’T LIKE COYOTES The red fox (shown) fades away when coyotes arrive, a switch of top predators that lets small rodents, good hosts for Lyme disease pathogens, flourish. Jennifer Allen
It’s often deer that municipalities blame for raising the risk of human infection with the tick-transmitted Lyme bacteria.
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