The resilient mountain lion goes by many names: puma, cougar, panther, catamount and even “ghost cat.” Over the past century in California, it has survived habitat loss and government-sponsored ...

Mountain lions are considered a “specially protected ... Male adults can reach up to 5 feet in length and up to 170 pounds.

But three states — Utah, Wyoming and Nevada — want to both pin the blame on mountain lions and “resolve” the issue by using cruel traps. In 2023, Utah legislators opened the floodgates to ...

In the early hours of Feb. 28, Mendocino Coast resident and biologist Nadia El Adili awoke to a grim scene: two goats and a sheep — all cherished family pets — had been killed by a mountain ...

A mountain lion led authorities on a chase around a suburban Camarillo neighborhood Wednesday afternoon. Authorities received a report of a mountain lion sighting at 8:42 a.m. in the backyard of a ...