When it comes to figuring out what animals need, sometimes it’s best to let the animals themselves show us. That’s been the case with mountain lions in southern California. There, Conservancy scientists have been working with researchers from the University of California Davis’s Wildlife Health Center to monitor mountain lions as they navigate a landscape increasingly fragmented by roads, housing developments and an international border.
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