Cougar predation key to ecosystem health
...ecology. "When park development caused cougar to begin leaving Zion Canyon in the 1930s, it allo...is sufficiently remote that it still has an intact cougar population and far fewer mule deer. In contrast to Zion Canyon, streambanks in this watershed have n...Finding a virus is not all bad news
...hen tested for the FIV virus, which is passed from cougar to cougar through physical contact or at birth. "Viruses evolve rapidly so once you have a common virus such ...Wildlife professor updates 'best available science' on Florida panther
...t, Vaughan adds "relocation studies with the Texas cougar in Florida have shown the large carnivore can adapt, intermingle with the native panther, and thrive its new environment."...