by yiwei | Jun 10, 2013 | media, pumas in the news
The New York Times just published an article about mountain lions today (June 10th) that features a photo of our own Paul Houghtaling handling 39M, the downtown puma. The article talks about the return of the “glamorous killer”, a curious adjective choice...
by yiwei | May 16, 2013 | field notes, media, puma bios, puma ecology, pumas in the news, santa cruz pumas
Today, we collared our newest puma, 39M, a young, dispersal-aged male in the most bizarre capture scenario imaginable. Instead of finding him using hound dogs among redwoods or trapping him in a cage with some road-kill deer, we found 39M in downtown Santa Cruz, near...
by veronica | May 15, 2013 | events and outreach, media, santa cruz pumas
During recent talks and outreach events we’ve had some questions from local landowners about our puma data. Just to clear up any misunderstandings, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife does not allow us to make real time location data available to the...
by yiwei | Apr 24, 2013 | media, pumas in the news
In case you missed it, the San Francisco Chronicle had a feature story about our new study on their front page earlier this week! Check it out at http://www.sfchronicle.com/science/article/Cougars-in-the-mood-stay-far-from-humans-4447530.php
by yiwei | Apr 17, 2013 | events and outreach, media, puma ecology
Check out the UCSC news release on the first paper coming out of the Puma Project! The great thing is that our paper is published in PLOS (Public Library of Science) One, an open-sourced journal. This means that anyone can read our paper for free as long as you have...
