Cougars were also found to be moving where they hunt and travel. They avoid areas where wolves hang out. They avoid wolf ...

A new study has found that cougars are making slight changes to their diets in order to avoid encounters with wolves. In ...

In Yellowstone, cougars coexist with wolves by changing what they eat and where they hunt, minimizing conflict driven largely by prey theft.

A study investigated thousands of kill sites that provided valuable information about the hunting and feeding behaviors of ...

Large carnivores are both clashing and coexisting in the western United States. Although wolves dominate cougars and steal their prey, cougars' shift from elk- to deer-heavy diets, paired with a ...

A new study shows how wolves steal kills from cougars in Yellowstone, driving an uneven feeding rivalry and changing cougar ...

As cougar and wolf populations recover, clashes between these top predators are inevitable with cougars finding ways to ...

Over the last three decades, Yellowstone National Park has undergone an ecological cascade. As elk numbers fell, aspen and willow trees thrived. This, in turn, allowed beaver numbers to increase, ...

In movies and literature, a wolf’s haunting howl can signify danger or untamed nature. In real life, researchers in Yellowstone National Park are analyzing those howls with cutting-edge AI technology ...

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