Stanley D. Gehrt, PhD is professor of wildlife ecology at The Ohio State Universityand chair of the Center for Wildlife Research at the Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation. His research program focuses on various aspects of mammalian ecology, especially urban systems; dynamics of wildlife disease; and human-carnivore conflicts. He is principal investigator of one of the largest studies of coyotes to date: capturing and tracking more than 1,450 coyotes for the past twenty-two years in the Chicago area. His research has been featured in numerous print, radio, and television outlets, including PBS, ABC’s
Nightline,
NBC Nightly News,
National Geographic, and the History Channel. He lives in Columbus, Ohio.
Kerry Luft is executive vice president of the Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation in Dundee, Illinois. He previously spent nearly three decades in journalism, mostly at the
Chicago Tribune, where he specialized in national and foreign news. He has written or edited five other books, including
Wings Over Water, the companion book to the award-winning IMAX 3D film of the same name.
