Fellow Story

Elbroch new online columnist for National Geographic

Fellow(s): Mark Elbroch
Topic(s): Conservation Science, Conservation Science

Mark Elbroch has contributed to puma research in Idaho, Colorado, California, Wyoming, and Chile, and lots of other carnivores along the way. He earned his PhD at the University of California, Davis, where his dissertation research focused on puma ecology in Patagonia in the presence of endangered humeul deer. He has authored/coauthored 10 books on natural history and numerous scientific articles published in peer-review journals. Mark is currently a Project Leader for Panthera, a US-based non-profit that conducts science to promote wild cat conservation worldwide.

Recent columns:

Hunters or Hunted? Wolves vs. Mountain Lions

Understanding America's Big Cat: An Introduction to the Teton Cougar Project 

Meet the Fellows in this Story

Mark Elbroch

Mark Elbroch

2011 Fellow
Mark Elbroch earned his PhD in Ecology while studying pumas in Chilean Patagonia at the University of California, Davis . Mark's conservation research focuses on four areas: 1) Re-establishing an appreciation for natural history training as...