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A predator is going hard after Patagonia's penguins

Penguins in one corner of Argentina now have a new land-based threat to worry about: pumas. A study in the journal ...
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Why These Pumas Suddenly Eat Penguins and What It Does to Them

In a national park in Patagonia, something remarkable is happening between predators and prey: Pumas are returning—and ...

Pumas came back to Patagonia—and met penguins. What happened next surprised scientists.

A natural experiment in a national park in Patagonia shows how the return of a large predator can reshape an ecosystem.
Smithsonian Magazine

Pumas Are Snacking on Penguins in Argentina—and the Abundant Birds Are Changing the Prowling Cats’ Behavior

Mountain lions are adapting to their defenseless, predictable prey, which return to Patagonia seasonally to nest and breed, ...

Penguins Become Prey for the Pumas of Patagonia

Penguins throughout the southern seas have to worry about being picked off by seals or hunted by orcas. On land, they can ...
Mongabay

First record of Cape clawless otter preying on African penguins: Study

The critically endangered African penguin has several predators to fear, including gulls, seals and sharks at sea, and leopards, caracals, domestic dogs and mongoose on land. A recent study has now ...

Puma populations are on the rise in Patagonia, now targeting penguins as prey

Wildlife conservation efforts in the Patagonia region of Argentina have been so successful that rebounding populations of ...