Cougars are changing the way they hunt so bears don’t steal their food

Cougars in Yellowstone Nationwide Park are looking an growing proportion of their prey on rugged terrain, a tactic which may be a deliberate alternative to cut back the prospect that their kills are stolen by the rising variety of bears and wolves within the space.

In Yellowstone National Park within the western US, the habitat of cougars (Puma concolor) – also referred to as mountain lions – overlaps with that of gray wolves (Canis lupus), grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis …