Originally published in Points West magazineWinter 2019–2020 Seldom Seen: Elusive Predators of Yellowstone Country By Mark Davis Bill Hackney was driving on Muddy Mountain near Casper, Wyoming, when something odd caught his eye. It had an unusual gate, running next to the road for about 30 feet before dropping off the shoulder and disappearing in thick timber. […]
Cougars—or mountain lions—have generally been considered solitary animals that rarely interact, unless in violent confrontation. In recent years, though, advances in technology have allowed new insights that challenge those well-established assumptions. Researchers have discovered that mountain lions are in close proximity to each other far more often than previously expected. At the next Draper Natural […]