puma

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When the research team applied population models to the data, the results showed that puma predation alone was unlikely to drive the Monte Leon penguin colony to extinction.

From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2026

The female puma - later nicknamed Felicity - was caught by a farmer frustrated by a series of savage attacks on livestock.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2024

Now it seemed a new puma was following in his pawsteps.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2024

The least nocturnal puma tracked was P-13, a female with a home range in the central and western Santa Monicas.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2024

The lab report came back that it was indeed the scat of Felis concolor, the eastern mountain lion, also variously and respectfully known as the panther, cougar, puma, and, especially in New England, catamount.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson