Tag: puma

Wildlife managers know that hunting can affect wildlife population dynamics. But what about its effects on disease? In a recent study published in Nature, researchers discovered that hunting can also...

The Hollywood mountain lion dubbed P-22 moved around much less than it usually did during the early months of the COVID-19 shutdown. Famous for being the most urban mountain lion...

Mountain lions live closer to developed areas in Los Angeles than researchers previously thought. Los Angeles, one of the largest metropolitan areas in the country, is home to about 18...

GPS tracking collars on cougars have revealed that the predators extensively prey on the burgeoning feral horse populations in the Great Basin. “We found that both male and female [cougars]...

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Cougars, top predators with a wide-ranging palate, have been known to prey on bobcats and domestic cats when their regular ungulate prey isn’t available. Jennifer Malmberg, an assistant professor and...

Veronica Yovovich had always been curious about the shape of plants around her school campus. Many of the bay laurels close to the University of California, Santa Cruz, were shaped...

The first cougar (Puma concolor) in the United States has tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans. The cat and several other animals were tested after...

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...

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 ungulate population...