by veronica | May 30, 2015 | field notes
I am posting this on behalf of project post doc Max Allen, who writes: This morning I went on a walk and found 3 fresh scats from last night. Two were from gray foxes and one was from a striped skunk, and all three were choc full of raspberry seeds. I myself had...
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 veronica | May 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
We hear that pumas are good climbers and jumpers, but we don’t often get to see it. This awesome series of photos shows 51M, a ~4 year old male we originally collared in November, turning around on a tree trunk, climbing down, and then leaping to the ground. ...