Mountain Lion

After observing the animal for about 30 minutes, a game warden used a bean bag gun to try to haze the lion out of the residential area and back into nearby open space. But the big cat did not move when struck.

Mountain lions, also known as pumas, panthers, catamounts and cougars, were nearly wiped out in the U.S. in the early 1900s as hunting and a shortage of prey drastically reduced their numbers. But a century later, they are starting to recolonize in the Midwest.

Police in the Omaha suburb of La Vista say a report of a mountain lion in a residential area appears to be credible, and they are investigating.

A lost dog made her way 35 miles home from Los Penasquitos Canyon Preserve to find her owner asleep in bed. Vet says the dog is in remarkable shape for what she endured, including predators, traffic, a torrential rainstorm and Fourth of July fireworks.

See the reaction of this house cat after a mountain lion walked straight up to the back porch window where it sat looking out.

Cougars spotted in the Eastern U.S. are believed to be migrating western mountain lions, Florida panthers or captive animals that were released.

New Mexico Department of Game and Fish officers have killed a cougar in a Raton neighborhood after it reportedly attacked a puppy on a woman's front porch.

The Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department is beginning to develop a new plan for managing mountain lions in the state. The current plan is about 20 years old, and officials hope to have a new plan ready by the end of this year.

Discover pulls its support of the anti-hunting group Humane Society of the United States after social outcry.

A cougar killed a dairy cow in Whatcom County in a rare instance of a cougar attack on livestock.

Jim Chapman reviews new big-bore airguns for predator hunting and more.

A wildlife guide has been sentenced to 6 months home confinement, a $5,000 fine, 50 hours of community service and 3 years' probation for illegally capturing and maiming mountain lions and bobcats to make hunts easier for clients.

A bill that would allow the unlicensed hunting of cougars and other mountain cats in New Mexico cleared a hurdle in the state Legislature.

This well-heeled hamlet north of New York City is embroiled in an increasingly nasty debate that seems oddly out of place amid the stately homes and tony boutiques: What should be done about coyotes?

Wildlife officials in South Dakota report that 26 mountain lions have been killed so far during the hunting season in the Black Hills Fire Protection District.

A House panel declined to advance a bill that would have made it illegal in many instances to kill a mountain lion in Iowa.

Officials say a deer carcass found near the entrance to Fort Stevens State Park was confirmed to be a cougar kill.