by jsmith | Apr 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
Increasingly, motion-triggered DSLR (or digital single-lens reflex) cameras equipped with a flash are being used to take better photos of animals in the wild. These photos can be very valuable for conservation because they show the public the private lives of...
by jsmith | Feb 4, 2015 | field notes, puma bios, santa cruz pumas, Uncategorized
On February 3, puma project researcher Paul Houghtaling went looking for 25F again. In May 2012, 25F’s collar stopped sending GPS data, and we have been attempting to get her a new collar ever since. After many previous attempts to track down 25f, Paul went back...
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 cwilmers | Oct 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
Remember 46M, the puma that wandered into downtown Mountain View a few months ago? Well he had quite a journey for the last 5 months until he was hit by a car on Hwy 280 a few days ago. After capturing him in downtown Mt. View and releasing him back in the mountains...
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 | Jul 29, 2014 | puma bios, puma ecology, santa cruz pumas, Uncategorized
The following guest post was written by Puma Project field technician Sean McCain: Today’s goal was to make a final attempt to access 19F’s den site and collar her two five-week-old kittens so we could monitor them into adulthood. This would be our final attempt...
