puma

Researchers confirmed that M. trumani was a sister species of the modern puma and split from that evolutionary lineage about 2.6 million years ago.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026

The department urged residents to stay away from the area while also securing pets and any outdoor food that could attract the puma.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

Jasper Ridge is far too small to support its own resident puma population.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 28, 2026

A puma named Muluk seemed sure that South Korea will triumph against the Czech Republic, and six giraffes hedged their bets with the Democratic Republic of Congo over Colombia.

From Barron's ● Jun. 6, 2026

I was makin’ up a litter in the monkey-house for a young puma which is ill; but when I heard the yelpin’ and ’owlin’ I kem away straight.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

P-22 became the face of an international campaign to save Southern California’s threatened pumas when, in December 2022, he was captured by the National Park Service and the state’s wildlife department.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

Unlike modern pumas, however, these populations did not show evidence of severe inbreeding or abrupt population bottlenecks.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026

Suraci and colleagues instead focused on the Olympic Peninsula, where mountain lions -- variously known as cougars, pumas or panthers -- have long been established.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

Despite cities’ trash, speeding cars, dogs, and humans, capybaras see plenty of upsides in urban riverside living: water, food, and shelter—plus no pumas, who have been known to eat young capybaras.

From Slate ● May 27, 2026

The animals from miles around came to drink from the little pools, and the wild sheep and the deer, the pumas and raccoons, and the mice— all came to drink.

From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck