Tag: cougars

A parasite found in cat feces that alters animal behavior may be partly responsible for wolves deciding to become pack leaders or to disperse from their natal packs. TWS member...

Decades of fire suppression may be the reason that mountain lion predation is taking a bite out of bighorn sheep numbers in parts of Arizona. Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) evolved...

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Well-trained dogs are helping reduce human-wildlife conflict in Argentina by warding off predators like cougars (Puma concolor). The dogs are trained to safeguard sheep and domestic goats herded in the...

Cougars in the United States have been contracting the same bacteria that causes the disease that killed a number of the people throughout the world in the mid-14th century, the...

The New Mexico State Game Commission has approved a ban on cougar (Puma concolor) trapping. The changes are for the 2020-2024 seasons and will be revisited in four years under...

Humans are the main reason for adult mountain lion deaths in a struggling population living on the fringes of California’s largest city over the last two decades. But “different age...

When pumas are going after their primary prey of black-tailed deer, they change the types of landscape they use, according to new research. The discovery could be important for wildlife...

Habitat fragmentation is splintering California’s mountain lion (Puma concolor) populations, researchers found. As urbanization between Los Angeles and San Diego spreads across landscapes historically used by mountain lions, it is...

Idaho and Washington’s forests are home to only six remaining caribou (Rangifer tarandus), but soon they will have none at all. That’s because the caribou will soon be introduced to...