New Delhi, March 3 -- A new study by researchers has provided several key insights on how and why coyotes (Canis lupus latrans) are thriving in the megacity of Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States.

They found that an area's wealth, pollution, human population density, and other societal data points with information about regional landscapes and linear infrastructure-such as roads and railways-results in a more accurate prediction of where and how far a coyote will likely roam.

Twenty coyotes were trapped by the Los Angeles County Agricultural Commissioner's office and outfitted with solar-powered GPS collars that reported their location at intervals ranging from 15 minutes to two hours.

"Information about a coyote'...