What's the difference between a mountain lion and a bobcat?
There have been two confirmed mountain lion sightings in North Texas recently, but they remain rare in this region.
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Bobcats are back, and they’re helping protect people from zoonotic disease
A bobcat, with its characteristic reddish fur and black markings, trots across a snow-covered field in central Oregon, in the ...
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The Cougar Technically Isn't a 'Big Cat'
The cougar, also known as Puma concolor, is one of the most adaptable and widespread cat species in the Americas. You can find this elusive predator, commonly referred to as a mountain lion or ...
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Chile’s protections for pumas fuel conflict with ranchers
They nap. Found all the way from southern Alaska to southern Chile, Puma concolor has the largest range of any land-dwelling mammal in the Western Hemisphere. Scientists suspect that there are ...
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Ghost Cats
With a range that extends from southern Argentina and Chile to the edge of Canada’s Yukon, Puma concolor, the cougar—aka puma, panther, painter, and brown tiger—is the most widespread large ...
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Temporal trends and drivers of mountain lion depredation in California, USA
California, USA has the largest human population and at least half of the state is suitable mountain lion (Puma concolor) habitat. The juxtaposition of high human abundance within and adjacent to ...
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Paraguay’s pumas adapt, with some help, to a ranch-filled landscape
It’s said that lions and tigers stalk the semiarid scrubland of Paraguay’s Chaco region. Yet this is the heart of South ...
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As Venezuela’s crisis rolls on, its wildlife is increasingly at risk
Along Venezuelan roads, you come across a variety of wildlife, from parrots and parakeets to sloths and monkeys. The trade in ...
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3D Imaging and Scanning
UWYMV 6529, Puma concolor hippolestes - Skull by University of Wyoming Libraries on Sketchfab This is a full skull of a Cougar (species Puma concolor concolor) from the University of Wyoming's ...
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Endangered creature hit and killed by vehicle in Florida—the 27th death this year
A 2-year-old panther—listed as an endangered species—was found dead on a road in Florida, marking the 27th panther death in ...
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Saving California Mountain Lions: In-Depth Information
Humans are the number-one cause of death for California mountain lions. Lack of connectivity due to decades of extending roads and development into mountain lion habitat, with little regard for the ...
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Why Declawing Tigers Or Other Big Cats Is Bad For Their Health
Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. Domesticated housecats are declawed to prevent them from clawing ...