A stunning cougar — a shadowy nocturnal predator, wandering the foothills on the edge of New Mexico’s capital city — strutted ...

A solo hiker who authorities believe was killed by a mountain lion on a remote Colorado trail on New Year's Day was not the first person to encounter one of the predators in the area in recent weeks.

An Oregon man started a depredation control service after a cougar killed his wife's goat in 2018. Eric Lee has since killed at least 75 cougars responsible for preying on livestock and pets. Oregon's ...

California’s trailhead overlap is intense because suburb-to-canyon access is part of daily life. State wildlife officials say sightings and conflicts rise as communities expand into mountain lion ...

Mountain lions living in Central and Southern California have faced significant challenges over the last several decades. According to the California Fish and Game Commission, the biggest threat the ...

THEODORE ROOSEVELT is not only a natural man of the people, and an unassuming, honest, fearless and intrepid fighter for what he considers just, but he is as deep a lover of the hills and streams, and ...

Southern California loves its wildlife, and here's no greater example of that than the affection Los Angeles felt for its most famous feline, P-22, who roamed the Hollywood Hills for over a decade. In ...

The imperiled mountain lions of central and Southern California were granted permanent protection on Thursday, Feb. 12, by the California Fish and Game Commission. By deeming six populations of pumas ...

Kittens from a local mountain lion population tracked by the National Park Service and UCLA in 2015. Photo via National Park Service Welcome to CalMatters, the only nonprofit newsroom devoted solely ...

A 16-pound mountain lion cub from Southern California spent Thursday night in Sonoma County under close watch after state biologists couldn’t locate her mother. The cub — a 4- to 5-month-old female — ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A year-old male mountain lion was captured early Tuesday in San Francisco’s Pacific Heights. The animal likely ...