Mountain lion sightings are on the rise in Los Angeles, but what’s causing these big cats to wander closer to urban areas?

The heaviest wild Florida panther ever recorded in the state has been caught by research scientists—who discovered it weighed 166 pounds. The Florida panther is a type of cougar or mountain lion, ...

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Rick Potts, a resident of the Goni Estates neighborhood in Carson City, was greeted with an unwelcome sight on his security cameras last night: a mountain lion skulking in his […] ...

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On a late-summer day in 1856, a letter carrier stepped from a mail coach in front of a three-story townhouse in Mayfair, in ...

Creel and his colleagues have been researching wild dogs and lions in two Zambian national parks for more than a decade.

Though sightings in Colorado are rare, these animals are crucial to the ecosystem as they help control populations of small ...

Swanson says Atascadero has a lot of deer, which attract mountain lions since it is their main food source. Swanson also says ...

Leave it to a gigantic hippo to scare off three lions as they swim for their lives to escape the territorial beast.

A homeowner in the Johnny Creek area in south Pocatello reported that the mountain lion had killed two pet goats in proximity to his home, prompting Fish and Game’s action.

A pet owner in Chino Valley asked for help after a puppy was attacked by a mountain lion, according to a GoFundMe account. It happened on Jan. 31, according to a GoFundMe post organized by Christi ...