Too young to be a cougar? Too old to be illegal? Well, marketers are carving out a niche for cougars in training, that is women under 40 who like younger men. There's already a school for aspiring cougars, and now there's a name: pumas. San Francisco will elect its Miss Bay Area Puma on Feb. 18, and I imagine similar contests are being held around the world. All winners will be sent to Jamaica Read more

With schools for cougar training and cub conventions for preying, you'd think the cougar-cub trend had gone wild. But a new study, which surveyed 22,000 online daters, found it to be a myth among real men and women. Instead women and men sought stereotypically aged partners. Women preferred men who were the same age or slightly older (and wealthier), while men preferred attractive, younger Read more

Perhaps Millbrae, CA, should start calling itself Cougar Town. This weekend, the San Francisco suburb hosted the National Cub Convention for cougars (in this case, women over 40) and the "cubs" who love them. I'm all for women over age 40 embracing their youthful spirit and heading into the dating scene, but this report from the convention floor rubs me the wrong way. To find out why, read Read more

I dislike the word "cougar," but I've got no problem with women going after younger men. After seeing Joseph Gordon-Levitt in (500) Days of Summer and in this photo on the set of Inception, I think I have a new younger-man crush. Gordon-Levitt isn't that much my junior — it's not nearly as extreme as my 30-something friend's thing for Zac Efron — but he's baby-faced enough that the crush Read more

After rumors swirled that Cougar Town might be getting cancelled, showrunners have found a solution to keep the series on the air: Cougar Town will change networks from ABC to TBS. After the current, third season ends, the show will resume its next season on the cable channel in early 2013. Fans of the Courtney Cox-led ensemble can breathe easy — and should make sure to reset their DVR Read more