Genetic analyses are unveiling some of the history and ecology of the puma (Puma concolor), one of the biggest felines native to Brazil. Only the jaguar (panthera onça) is bigger. These big, discrete ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Because of its extensive range and the diverse habitats occupied in North and South America, the puma {Puma concolor) is an excellent animal ...

Pumas (Puma concolor) have long been considered transient species in southwestern Arizona. A sighting of three pumas in 2003 on the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge was the first verifiable record since ...

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today declared the eastern puma extinct and removed it from the list of protected wildlife and plants under the Endangered Species Act. The eastern puma ...

Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) male in tree during attempt to re-collar him, Santa Cruz Puma Project, Uvas Canyon County Park, Santa Cruz Mountains, California Puma researcher Justine Smith used ...

The Eastern puma, which hasn’t roamed the Northeast in nearly 80 years, is finally poised to be removed from the endangered species list. The big cat is extinct, right? Not so fast. What if the cougar ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A Florida panther walks through Everglades National Park in 2006, 11 years after Texas pumas were ...

Twelve days after a puma killed one person and hurt another in Southern California, researchers at the University of California, Davis, today released the most intensive scientific assessment to date ...

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today confirmed the eastern puma is extinct and removed it from the federal endangered species list. This distinct population of cougars once lived from ...

When I first got my cats, I didn’t know much about the species. I’d never had cats before, and I’d never really hung out with many, either. I’d heard of purring, for example, but I thought it was just ...

A parasite that plagues many of today’s domestic dogs and cats rumbled the bowels of a puma 17,000 years ago. Image Credit: SandmanXX, iStock In addition to providing humankind with its oldest example ...