puma

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A SoCal hiker said she thankfully remembered what to do when she encountered the puma — yelling, facing the cat, trying to look big — until it ran off.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

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

A mountain lion was spotted in California wine country Sunday, just days after another puma had been captured in San Francisco.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 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