by paulh | May 19, 2015 | media, puma bios, pumas in the news
A young male puma was captured and returned safely to the wilds yesterday by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and San Mateo Police. As scientists studying pumas, we often receive questions about pumas when this happens. Usually the first questions are...
by jsmith | Jan 22, 2015 | events and outreach, media, pumas in the news, santa cruz pumas, Uncategorized
This week, we published a paper on puma behavioral responses to human development and how they relate to kill rates in the Santa Cruz Mountains. We found that females spend less time at their deer kills when they are close to people, and therefore kill deer more often...
by jsmith | Nov 29, 2014 | media, pumas in the news, santa cruz pumas
A UCSC Cruz Alert was sent out on November 28 warning of two mountain lions spotted near the base of the UCSC campus. Mountain lions do occasionally move through campus property, due to the many preserved acres of land in Upper Campus and Pogonip, and the adjacency of...
by veronica | Sep 7, 2014 | media, pumas in the news
We would like to send our thoughts and sympathies to the little boy who was attacked by a mountain lion in Cupertino today and to his family. We hope he has a very quick and thorough recovery. We have information about what to do if you encounter a mountain lion on...
by veronica | Sep 5, 2014 | media, Uncategorized
Last night, KSBW reported on the very exciting progress the Land Trust of Santa Cruz County is making towards creating wildlife connectivity across Highway 17. The Land Trust of Santa Cruz County is working on purchasing 290 acres of land that straddles Laurel Curve,...
by jsmith | Aug 18, 2014 | media, pumas in the news, santa cruz pumas, technology, video
The Santa Cruz Puma Project was featured on this week’s Science Nation video from the National Science Foundation, entitled, “Bio-logging collar reveals unprecedented detail about California mountain lions”. This video shows three very important...
