Cougars are changing the way they hunt so bears don’t steal their food

Cougars in Yellowstone National Park are looking an growing proportion of their prey on rugged terrain, a tactic that could be a deliberate alternative to cut back the prospect that their kills are stolen by the rising variety of bears and wolves within the space.

In Yellowstone National Park within the western US, the habitat of cougars (Puma concolor) – often known as mountain lions – overlaps with that of gray wolves (Canis lupus), grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis …