Are cougars glamorous?

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...

Cougars in the SF Chronicle!

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  

Happy Holidays! See you next year…

The Santa Cruz Mountains Puma Project wishes you joy during this holiday season, and we will return to blogging next year. For our last blog, we thought we’d share a story from Florida, the last home to pumas (called panthers there) in the eastern US. Recently,...

16M’s fifteen minutes of fame

Hey everyone – check out Jason Hoppin’s story on 16M’s travels across Hwy 17! It’s the top Sunday story on the Santa Cruz Sentinel, and picked up by the San Jose Mercury News too! Shows that mountain lions still enthrall people. Keep following...