Friday, February 20, 2026

Cougar diets and behaviors reduce their competition with wolves in Yellowstone

A new study shows that interactions between wolves and cougars in Yellowstone National Park are driven by wolves stealing prey killed by cougars and that shifts in cougar diets to smaller prey help them avoid wolf encounters.

The study, published at a time of growing overlap between cougar and wolf habitats in the western United States, found wolves occasionally killed cougars, but cougars did not kill wolves.

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Cougar diets and behaviors reduce their competition with wolves in Yellowstone

A new study shows that interactions between wolves and cougars in Yellowstone National Park are driven by wolves stealing prey killed by cou...