Sometimes I feel guilty that this blog never has personal content the way it used to. So here is some:

I am personally content that there are more interesting things to discover than my personal content.

For instance,

New DNA evidence reveals that coyotes have bred with wolves in the the northeastern United States, turning mice-eating coyotes into much larger animals with a hunger for big prey, such as deer.

The resulting coywolves may, however, benefit ecosystems, since they appear to be filling niches once occupied by wolves that were eradicated by humans.