Pumas returned to Patagonia and met penguins. What happened next surprised the scientists.
For decades, cougars preyed on sheep from farms along Argentina’s coast, and farmers hunted them — hard. Cougars have disappeared from the landscape. Then, in 2004, conservationists established Monte León National Park in the region. As expected, once the hunting stopped, the big cats returned. And when they returned, they found a new player in … Read more