It's the type of nightmare scenario every Southern California hiker fears — you're walking alone on a trail when suddenly, a mountain lion appears on the path. But for Cortney Rasura last week, that ...

A hiker in California faced a scary situation last week when a mountain lion she encountered started walking toward her on the trail after she thought it had retreated. “I have been hiking in Ojai for ...

Attacks by mountain lions are still incredibly rare, despite recent incidents. Humans are increasingly coming in contact with mountain lions, raising questions as to whether humans are to blame and ...

For the first six miles of Cortney Rasura’s morning hike near Ojai, nothing seemed out of the ordinary. She finished listening to her podcast. She’d stayed on pace. And she had been entirely alone in ...

A woman had a tense encounter with a mountain lion while walking on a popular Southern California hiking trail recently. The scary moment took place on July 3 and was captured on video by Cortney ...

A camper's peaceful night at Leo Carrillo State Park in Malibu turned into a nerve-racking brush with one of California's most iconic predators, KFI AM 640 reported. In a video captured in August, a ...

Mountain lions are known by many names: panthers, pumas, cougars, and catamounts, for example. However, there is one moniker that perfectly describes one of their more unusual characteristics: the ...