Most puma cubs stay with their mothers for up to two years, but not all make it to adulthood. And those that do may have to travel over 250 km to find their own territory – no easy feat! #EarthCapture by Aaron Baggenstos #Puma #Animals #Nature #Photography | BBC Earth

🐆 INTERNATIONAL PUMA DAY 2023 🌍( Español abajo) Meet the elusive puma 🐾 (Puma concolor). This predator is a keystone species crucial to the delicate balance of neotropical forests. By regulating the populations of its prey 🦌🦝🐗, it shapes the very fabric of this ecosystem 🌳. Yet, the wild cats we revere are facing a challenging decline 📉, largely due to the looming threat of habitat fragmentation. Our mission is clear: enhance habitat connectivity, allowing these apex predators to roam fr

Meet the puma: Chilean Patagonia's top predator As an apex predator, this large cat (Puma concolor) plays a critical role in many ecological processes in the environments that it inhabits. Pumas (also called cougar or mountain lion) help control the population of wild herbivores and through their kills, provide food to many scavenger species such as Andean condor. In this video, you can see Catimba, the dominant male in the Valle Chacabuco sector of Patagonia National Park. Our offspring Fundaci