Jul 24, 2017 | Science Magazines
A great article by Liza Gross at Smithsonian magazine on how fear of humans ripples through food webs – inspired by our recent paper. In reality, neither the frogs nor the man were real; both were audio recordings. The big cat, a six-year-old male named 66M, was...
Jul 24, 2017 | Bay Area, Media Coverage, Science Magazines
More on our puma fearing people paper from Peter Fimrite at the SF Chronicle and Paul Rogers at the San Jose Mercury news.“People allude to this idea all the time — that mountain lions are more afraid of us than we are of them. But science has never shown that...
Jul 24, 2017 | Media Coverage
Great article on our recent paper on how puma’s fear people in the Washington Post. Then political commentator Rachel Maddow’s voice fills the clearing: “Last Friday, three days after Bobby Jindal quit …” The lion lifts its head, and its eyes,...
Mar 5, 2015 | Radio, Science Magazines
Justine’s recent paper in the Proceedings of Royal Society B received quite a bit of attention from the press. Reports about it appeared in Science, Nature, BBC and the Naked Scientists among others. Here’s snippet from Nature Female pumas that live near...
Oct 27, 2014 | Bay Area, Education/Outreach, Media Coverage
The Land Trust of Santa Cruz County Board of Trustees named Dr. Jodi McGraw and Dr. Chris Wilmers Conservationists of the Year at an event on Sunday, October 5. The award was in recognition of their work in setting the priorities of the Land Trust and in educating the...
Oct 8, 2014 | Media Coverage, Science Magazines
Science coverage or our – wait for it – article in Science. With all the “coverage”, does any read the original article? A sleek cheetah races with legs outstretched, leaping with a great burst of energy to bring down a fast-moving antelope....