And its Allies
Dr. Mark Elbroch, lead scientist of Panthera’s Puma Program, has recently published a critical blog post. In it, he explores the multiple factors that are driving the decline of pumas…
Dana Kobilinsky, a science writer for The Wildlife Society, recently published a fascinating article. It concerns predatory animals appearing in seemingly ‘new’ habitats. The article tells the story of Brian…
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Douglas Adams once famously wrote that the “answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything is 42.” I beg to differ. For…
A recent blog post by Dr. Mark Elbroch of Panthera’s Puma Program brings up an important issue. As Dr. Elbroch states, there is an old and pervasive belief that large…
How the media talks about animals matters. Most people do not have regular encounters with creatures like leopards (Panthera pardus), and they are not trained in wildlife biology. The media…
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Reading a report of original scientific paper is daunting in several ways. The first challenge to reading original papers is that you have to know…
A landmark study has just been released by scientists from the big cat conservation group Panthera. It describes repeat observations of relatively peaceful, social interactions between a supposedly solitary carnivore:…
How we talk about wildlife matters. The words we use to describe a species can provide insight on how we feel about it – which in turn can reveal clues…
The Jaguar 