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cougar

[koo-ger] / ˈku gər /
NOUN
large wildcat of the Americas
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A coyote is bathed in red light; a cougar stalks near a grand piano; a man stands in a tropical jungle surrounded by mist; a pay phone off the hook dangles by its cord.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

The research comes as wolf and cougar territories increasingly overlap across the western United States.

From Science Daily Mar. 3, 2026

To better understand how evolution shaped these sounds, the researchers compared domestic cat meows with those of five wild cat species: African wildcat, European wildcat, jungle cat, cheetah, and cougar.

From Science Daily Feb. 11, 2026

Korinna Domingo, founder and director of the Cougar Conservancy, emphasized how cougar behavior in Los Angeles is similarly shaped by decades of urban development, fragmented landscapes and the social and political choices that structure them.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2025

Inside she placed her couch, cougar skins, an Axminister carpet, rocking chairs, and assorted other artifacts of domestic life.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Suraci and colleagues instead focused on the Olympic Peninsula, where mountain lions -- variously known as cougars, pumas or panthers -- have long been established.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

"Research like this...helps people want to live alongside cougars," he said.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

About 42% of wolf-cougar interactions occurred at predicted sites where cougars had made a kill.

From Science Daily Mar. 3, 2026

Because deer are smaller and can be eaten more quickly, this change reduces the amount of time cougars spend at a carcass, lowering the chance that wolves will show up.

From Science Daily Mar. 3, 2026

The woods just beyond the property were full of bears and cougars.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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