{"id":119216,"date":"2026-02-10T12:38:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T17:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/?post_type=tribe_events&eventDate=2026-04-21#038;p=119205"},"modified":"2026-03-19T12:54:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T16:54:26","slug":"science-today-april-2026-2026-04-21","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/event\/science-today-april-2026-2026-04-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Science TODAY: Coyotes of the Outer Banks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today’s Topic<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coyotes are adaptable animals and they are expanding their range to North Carolina’s barrier islands. There, they act as novel apex predators to protected and endangered shore nesting birds and sea turtles becoming an urgent management concern. Hear about research investigating coyote population dynamics and behavior on these barrier islands and the interesting things scientists documented.<\/p>\n

Today’s Expert<\/strong><\/p>\n

Daniel Sossover, Research Assistant at North Carolina State University<\/p>\n

Go inside the globe of the SECU Daily Planet Theater for live presentations and interactive shows led by scientists and educators. Meet researchers, witness live demonstrations, and engage in Q&A sessions with experts. With ever-changing topics and guests, there\u2019s always something new and exciting to learn.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today’s Topic Coyotes are adaptable animals and they are expanding their range to North Carolina’s barrier islands. There, they act as novel apex predators to protected and endangered shore nesting birds and sea turtles becoming an urgent management concern. Hear about research investigating coyote population dynamics and behavior on these barrier islands and the interesting… Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[3,4,5,12,13,15,25,47,247],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/119216"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119216"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/119216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119846,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/119216\/revisions\/119846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119216"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=119216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}