Scrutinizing GPS data from 1,200 animals from 18 species of the cat family (felids) and 16 species of the dog family (canids), scientists discovered surprising differences between the two groups regarding their navigation styles in the wild. Wolves and foxes use travel routeways more often than bobcats and lions. The difference becomes even more pronounced when comparing species from the two groups that live in the same area like coyotes and cougars. The study, challenging longstanding assumptions about animal movement, was led by scientists from the University of Maryland (USA) and the Center for Advanced Systems Understanding (CASUS) at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf in Germany.