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

Instead, it was a highly adaptable close relative of the puma, and populations living in the far north appear to have relied heavily on fish to survive in Arctic environments.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 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

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

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

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

During that same period, researchers observed a decline in deer activity compared with earlier years when pumas were rarely seen or absent altogether.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 28, 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

Mountain lions, also called pumas, cougars, catamounts or panthers, can be found throughout North America, but now are mostly in 15 western states, according to the Mountain Lion Foundation.

From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2026

A number of predators — wolves, pumas, and coyotes — prevented the deer from outrunning their food supply.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson