{"id":496560,"date":"2026-03-01T00:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T00:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/496560\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T00:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T00:39:08","slug":"can-you-spot-the-mountain-lion-hiding-in-greater-yellowstone-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/496560\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you spot the mountain lion hiding in Greater Yellowstone region?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Photographers have been staking out positions in the National Elk Refuge in Wyoming\u2019s Teton County, hoping for a rare opportunity to glimpse a mountain lion that has been spotted sporadically in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Can you spot the mountain lion in the accompanying image, captured by Jackson Hole EcoTour Adventures guide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/strategist.to.naturalist\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Billy Fabian;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Billy Fabian<\/a>? (Answer in video posted below.)<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Mountain lion peers from hiding spot.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"576\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/c0d11fdee83b0be55dc19dc1504e518d.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mountain lion peers from hiding spot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It\u2019s not a difficult quiz. But the imagery captured by Fabian reveals how well mountain lions, or cougars, blend into their surroundings, and how cautious the cats are in their movements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Mountain lions are solitary hunters that prey largely on mule deer and elk within the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, although smaller mammals are included in their diets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/lifestyle\/articles\/wolf-bounds-deer-while-chasing-163628556.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:ALSO: Wolf bounds like a deer while chasing one in Minnesota forest;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ALSO: Wolf bounds like a deer while chasing one in Minnesota forest<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">They prefer rocky terrain and forested areas that provide cover from competing predators such as wolves and bears. (Mountain lions cache their kills, which attract other predators.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sightings are rare in the Greater Yellowstone region, which includes the National Elk Refuge and Grand Teton and Yellowstone national parks to the north.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This article originally appeared on For The Win: <a href=\"https:\/\/ftw.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/outdoors\/2026\/02\/28\/can-you-spot-mountain-lion-hiding-grand-teton-national-park-wyoming\/88918473007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Can you spot mountain lion hiding near Grand Teton National Park?;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Can you spot mountain lion hiding near Grand Teton National Park?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photographers have been staking out positions in the National Elk Refuge in Wyoming\u2019s Teton County, hoping for a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":496561,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,2354,227014,227015,79,10952],"class_list":{"0":"post-496560","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-mountain-lion","10":"tag-national-elk-refuge","11":"tag-rare-opportunity","12":"tag-science","13":"tag-teton-county"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/496561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}