Coyotes are roaming South Florida neighborhoods. Why they’re around and what to fear.

Florida author and humorist Craig Pittman posted an observation to Facebook that could surprise some suburb dwellers who figured coyotes were a part of the American Southwest and the hapless foil in old “Road Runner” Looney Tunes cartoons. “A few days back, around dusk, my wife and I turned our car into our neighborhood headed for home and spotted what appeared to be a coyote,” Pittman wrote from his St. Petersburg neighborhood. “We circled the block and came back for another look and sure enough, that’s what it was. The next day, again at dusk, we saw the coyote again, but we haven’t spotted ...