Federal officials have declared the Eastern puma extinct, 80 years after the last confirmed sighting of a graceful wildcat that once roamed widely from the Upper Midwest to the Atlantic seaboard ...

Normally, it’s wonderful when an animal is removed from the endangered species list, but not when it’s because the animal has gone completely extinct. This is the case with the Eastern Cougar ...

Researchers believe the eastern cougar subspecies has probably been extinct since the 1930s. Wednesday's declaration paves the way for the eastern cougar to be removed from the endangered species ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to remove the eastern cougar from its endangered species list. It was last seen in Maine in 1938.

However, on January 22, the Eastern cougar subspecies was officially declared extinct in the U.S. and removed from the endangered species list by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The Eastern Cougar will be officially listed as extinct — almost 80 years after last sighting. ... but the Florida panther is a highly endangered species — there are fewer than 100 left.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to remove the eastern cougar from its endangered species list. It was last seen in Maine in 1938.

The U.S. government declared the eastern cougar--a victim of bounty hunting and habit change in the 1700s and 1800s--officially extinct on Wednesday, even though the last proven sighting of the ...