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Pumas on the Edge: The Effects of Human Activity and Development

Post submitted by Max Allen of the Santa Cruz Puma Project. A puma family above the nighttime lights of San Jose (Photo courtesy of Chris Fust) I currently work on the Santa Cruz Puma Project in...

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High Fives Make Big Differences for Big Cats

Earlier this year, National Geographic’s Big Cats Initiative (BCI) asked big cat lovers around the world to High Five Give $5 Save Big Cats to help raise awareness and funds for big cat conservation....

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Watch: Adorable Amur Tiger Cubs, New Hope for Endangered Species

Post written by Dr. Maria (Masha) N. Vorontsova. I am delighted to share with you this just captured, rare footage of Zolushka (Cinderella in Russian), playing with her two new cubs in the wild of...

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Competition Between Carnivores: Untangling the Relationship Between Pumas,...

By Max Allen of the Santa Cruz Puma Project A black bear looking up from feeding (Photo by Max Allen) Pumas and black bears are the two large carnivores found throughout California. Both species kill...

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Leopards of India’s Silicon City

Post submitted by Sanjay Gubbi, Scientist Nature Conservation Foundation.   Bangalore, a southern Indian city, has become synonymous with information technology and is one of a few metropolis in the...

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Lions are Approaching! Early Lessons From Our Early- Warning System for...

Post submitted by Andrew Stein.  It starts with an incoming text… “PrideInOurPrides- Lion 1 Inside Geofence 1. Follow the link for coordinates and mapped location.” It’s 10pm after a long day in the...

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From Hunting Reserve to Wildlife Sanctuary

Post submitted by Matthias Fiechter, Communications Manager of Snow Leopard Trust. Kyrgyzstan tries a new approach to protect snow leopards and their prey. Conservationists and the government are...

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WATCH: Amur Tiger Cub Admitted to Rehabilitation Center Improving

Post written by Masha Vorontsova, IFAW Regional Director of Russia and CIS.  An orphaned female tiger cub found in the Russian Far East is currently being kept at the Center for Rehabilitation and...

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A Big Year for African Wildlife: Seven Milestones of 2015

2015 was quite a whirlwind of a year for lions and other African wildlife. With luck, sounds such as the lion’s roar will be heard for many years to come. Photo courtesy of Massimiliano Sticca. With...

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Courtship in pumas: videos reveal cryptic behaviors

Max Allen – Santa Cruz Puma Project A male puma looking back (Photograph courtesy of Max Allen) Pumas are cryptic carnivores that are among the most difficult animals to observe in the wild. Studying...

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150,000 trees planted to protect lions

By Jeremy Swanson On this World Wildlife Day, we reflect on the past, look at the present, and talk about our dreams for the future, of lions and their roars in Tanzania and East Africa.   With the...

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Shadow Cat: Canada Lynx Silently Cross U.S. State, National Borders

On-the-move: Canada lynx are making their way into new territory. (Photograph: USFWS/Keith Williams) The forest has eyes. And somewhere in the shadows of a winter dusk that falls across towns in...

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What does the Endangered Species Listing Mean for Lions?

In late December last year, the African lion received a special gift from the U.S. government. Over the past few years, non-profit groups, the national and international public, and the U.S. Fish &...

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A New Milestone for the Urban Caracal Project

Post by Max Allen – University of Wisconsin, Madison A portrait of the caracal named Savannah (Photo courtesy of Laurel Serieys) The Urban Caracal Project on the Cape Peninsula in South Africa recently...

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It Takes a Village for Effective Conservation Projects: Insights from the...

By Laurel Serieys, Joleen Broadfield, and Max Allen A portrait of a caracal from our study area in Cape Town (Photo by Urban Caracal Project) In running the Urban Caracal Project there have been a...

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Pride in Our Prides – Saving Lions with Livestock Kraals

Post submitted by Florian J Weise Lions and people live a tenuous coexistence. Where their activities overlap problems are inevitable. The consequence often is fatal; sometimes for the people involved,...

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Urgent Global Action Needed to Stop Extinction of Earth’s Last Megafauna

A swift and global conservation response is needed to prevent the world’s gorillas, lions, tigers, rhinos, and other iconic terrestrial megafauna from being lost forever, more than three dozen...

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No Silver Bullet Will Save the African Lion #worldlionday

It has been just over a year since the senseless killing of Cecil the Lion ignited a worldwide firestorm of outrage over trophy hunting. The tragic event spurred conversation and debate in many public...

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Understanding Dogs to Protect Cats

Post submitted by Matthias Fiechter A pack of feral dogs has cornered a young brown bear in Zadoi County, China Feral dogs have been seen chasing snow leopards and bears away from their prey. Growing...

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Q&A: Extreme Drought in South Africa’s Kruger National Park: How is Wildlife...

A caravan of animals makes its way to one of Kruger National Park’s life-sustaining waterholes. (Photograph: Izak Smit, SANParks) Bone-dry winds are blowing across South Africa’s Kruger National Park...

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