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....
Oct 8, 2014 | Media Coverage, Science Magazines
Another nice article on our recent Science paper. This one in the LA Times. It’s not easy being a lean, mean killing machine. Whether a fleet-footed cheetah or a lie-in-wait puma, a hunting feline’s survival balances on the point between how much energy they...
Oct 3, 2014 | Media Coverage, National Geographic
A nice article in National Geographic on our recent Science paper on puma energetics. The group, led by Terrie Williams and Chris Wilmers of the University of California, Santa Cruz, spent years working with engineers to develop a novel wildlife tracking collar to...
Jan 16, 2014 | Bay Area, Media Coverage
Coverage in the Sentinel about our carnivore paper in Science today. Two UC Santa Cruz ecologists are among the authors of a global review of large carnivore populations published Jan. 10 in the journal Science. The international group of scientists warns that...
Nov 1, 2013 | Bay Area, Media Coverage
Santa Cruz’ famous downtown mountain lion was struck and killed while crossing Highway 17 early Thursday morning near Vine Hill Road. The lion’s body was given to UC Santa Cruz researchers, who helped capture the wayward puma in June and fitted it with a...