#apexpredators — Public Fediverse posts

Oh, look! 🙄 Maryland is shutting down more of Cunningham Falls because apparently, #beavers have decided they're the new apex predators. 🦫💪 403 Forbidden? More like Nature's 404: Human Access Not Found. 🌲🚫
https://news.maryland.gov/dnr/2026/08/05/dnr-closes-additional-areas-of-cunningham-falls-state-park-following-second-beaver-attack/ #CunninghamFalls #Shutdown #ApexPredators #NatureAccessBlocked #HackerNews #ngated

📰 Apex Predators Are Quietly Reshaping the West

🦅 Western U.S.: Bald eagles, gray wolves, condors, and black bears are back from the brink due to decades of environmental policy, habitat restoration, and public support.

🌄 Their return is restoring ecological function at landscape scale, from scavenger networks to trophic balance, even as some species adapt to more urbanized terrain.

🤝 Coexistence now depends on community‑level choices: wildlife‑friendly ranching, lead‑free hunting, habitat connectivity, and everyday tolerance that allows wide‑ranging species to move, feed, and reproduce safely.

🔗 https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/apex-predators-comeback-western-united-states/

#SolarPunkSunday
#WildlifeRecovery #ApexPredators #HabitatConnectivity #Conservation #WildlifeConservation #EcologicalRestoration #Biodiversity

Mountain Lions Have Major Ecological Impact Even In Small Preserves
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https://phys.org/news/2026-06-mountain-lions-major-ecological-impact.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.73775 <-- shared paper
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https://youtu.be/jy-ngOhoNPU?si=WTSMWz9XuaqT8Z4O <-- shared Standford overview video
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https://youtu.be/CzSCu2FOj0Q?si=bb15-e03DLuWhQ4Y <-- shared Stanford overview video
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[not my usual fare to post, but fascinating…]
“#Bigcats have a big impact. A long-term study showed that when mountain lions began regular visits to a small suburban preserve about 45 miles (72 kilometers) south of San Francisco, they changed the behavior of many other animals.
Mountain lions (Puma concolor) started appearing with increasing frequency on trail cameras at Stanford's Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve ('Ootchamin 'Ooyakma) from 2015 to 2020. Researchers documented a corresponding drop in deer activity compared with the prior years of lower or absent puma activity. Vegetation surveys also showed that many woody plants deer like to eat or tend to trample, including young oak trees, began to thrive.
These types of multilevel effects, called trophic cascades, have been studied primarily in large wilderness areas, particularly cascades caused by #apexpredators such as #wolves reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park...”
#mountainlion #cougar #puma #trophiccascade #JasperRidgeBiologicalPreserve #OotchaminOoyakma #monitoring #spatiotemporal #spatialanalysis #trailcamera #deer #rabbit #coyote #bobcat #fox #vegetation #survey #oak #tree #young #sapling #plant #predator #preyabundance #herbivore #health #ecosystem #balance #habitat #mesopredator #crossmapping #nocturnal #GIS #spatial #mapping #ecology #conservation #wilderness
#StanfordUniversity

Prey Size Affects Dynamics Between Cougars And Wolves in Yellowstone

"How do two apex predators, cougars and wolves, compete and coexist?"

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#wolves #cougars #Yellowstone #CoExistence #ApexPredators #PreyDynamics #ecology https://grrlscientist.medium.com/prey-size-affects-dynamics-between-cougars-and-wolves-in-yellowstone-f47fc9d76654

Prey Size Affects Dynamics Between Cougars And Wolves in Yellowstone

"How do two apex predators, cougars and wolves, compete and coexist?"

#SciComm by @grrlscientist 

#wolves #cougars #Yellowstone #ApexPredators #PreyDynamics #ecology https://grrlscientist.medium.com/prey-size-affects-dynamics-between-cougars-and-wolves-in-yellowstone-f47fc9d76654

A sea lion hopped on a woman's boat to escape a group of killer whales and the footage is wild

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/killer-whale-attack-sea-lion-ex1

27-Nov-2025
#PlasticPollution is worsened by warming #climate and must be stemmed, researchers warn
Increased #toxicity from plastic #pollution in a warmer climate is highly likely to be affecting whole #ecosystems, with potentially disproportionate impacts on #apexPredators such as #orcas

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1106841

#science #ecology #climatecatastrophe #environment #microplastics

Low Contribution Of Livestock In The Grey Wolf Diet In The Area With High Availability Of Free-Ranging Cattle And Horses
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-025-01926-3 <-- shared paper
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[not my usual fare (word play very much intended), but a fascinating and data-driven study; the study is not definitive, of course, but it adds to the scientific knowledge base, including with the socio-economic considerations…]
#wolf #predator #apexpredators #livestock #predation #depredation #death #cow #horse #greywolf #casestudy #Poland #cattle #horses #ecosystems #socioeconomic #forests #humanimpacts #conflicts #WartaRiver #genetic #fingerprinting #tracking #GIS #spatial #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #cameratraps #scat #fecal #feces #wildanimals #ungulates #deer #mammals #rabbits #domesticanimals #foodsource #cost #economics #dogs #population #impacts #conflict #landscape #wildprey #prey #trophiccascade #herds #vegetation

🎣💼 Oh no, the Feds are firing people and now the fish are in peril! Apparently, the Great Lakes' $5B fishery is on the brink because someone's job got axed. Who knew bureaucrats were the real apex 🦈 predators? 💸🐟
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/27022025/federal-firings-threaten-great-lakes-sea-lamprey-control-program/ #FedsFiringJobs #GreatLakesFishing #BureaucracyImpact #ApexPredators #FisheryCrisis #HackerNews #ngated

#ApexPredators aka #JawsOfLosAngeles (2021) 🦈
The bodies of beach goers begin washing ashore during the grand opening of a new resort with dire results.
#CreatureFeature #FilmsWithBite
#FilmMastodon 📽️ 🎬

Excellent news! 5 #GreyWolves were just released back into the Colorado’s Rocky Mountains wilderness. 10 - 15 more wolves will be released into the area by mid-march 2024.

The wolves were originally captured in the state of Oregon, examined by a veterinarian, deemed healthy, then released back to their native land.

I’m celebrating!

#Wildlife
#ApexPredators
#WildlifeConservation
#AsItShouldBe
#WeAreAllConnected

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-67759377

@the_real_hal @SecularJeffrey #Wolves aren’t just predators they’re #ApexPredators. They’re central to the functioning of #ecosystems, regulation of disease & the maintenance of #biodiversity. They help to maintain healthy populations of prey species by taking out the old, sick & injured. Wolves in fact are beneficial. They make everything around them stronger, healthier, more agile & alert. The Yellowstone is an excellent example of this.
#Wildlife
#WildlifeConservation
#WeAreAllConnected