Wildlife conservation efforts in the Patagonia region of Argentina have been so successful that rebounding populations of pumas have found an unexpected new main source of prey: Magellanic penguins.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Long absent from Argentinian Patagonia due to over-hunting, pumas have returned and started hunting local Magellanic penguins, ...

While pumas have killed thousands of Magellanic penguins in Patagonia, predator pressure alone is unlikely to drive the colony to extinction.

Along South America’s windswept southern coast, Magellanic penguins have spent decades nesting in relative safety. For much of the twentieth century, sheep ranching dominated the region, and pumas ...

Pumas returning to Patagonia have begun hunting mainland penguins that evolved without land predators. Scientists estimate ...

A new study found that thousands of penguins have been killed by pumas over a four-year period, but most were left partly uneaten. View on euronews ...

Four new fossil species from New Zealand illustrate the striking diversity of the earliest penguins, which possessed long, dagger-like beaks they may have used to skewer prey. The new discoveries ...