Wolf expansion in Wyoming curtails puma population
It was February 1999, and a pack of five wolves had just made their way into the National Elk Refuge in northwest Wyoming. The new pack, which had moved south from ...
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WM: Puma harvest bolsters elk population in western Montana
Mountain lion predation is the main cause of death in young elk calves in western central Montana, but increased harvest on the big cats can result in larger ...
California wildfires may have killed hundreds of cougars
Wildfires that tore through California have killed up to 600 mountain lions, according to a recent estimate. Fires in the western state have burned more than 4 ...
To manage carnivores and livestock, focus on ecology
When carnivores prey on livestock, managers have to navigate so many economic and cultural factors, it can be easy to forget that at the heart of it, an ecological ...
Florida panther genome reveals higher genetic diversity
Bringing in Texas pumas in the mid-’90s reduced Florida panther inbreeding and increased the panther’s genetic diversity threefold, researchers found after ...
Crossing a California freeway, a mountain lion finds new ground
The National Park Service has documented a rare case of a mountain lion crossing a major California freeway that runs past the Santa Monica Mountains. It’s the ...
Student Research: Diverse Costa Rica spot at risk?
Adam Yaney-Keller was checking videos that showed up on his camera trap. He had placed the video camera at a small, dried-up waterfall pool where he thought he ...
Cougar question has possible ESA implications
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed the delisting of the Eastern puma, an extinct cougar subspecies. While reviewing the proposal, scientists have ...