Predator

Arizona wildlife officials say the number of mountain lion deaths in southern Arizona has made its largest decline in a single year.

A hunting derby with $1,000 each for whoever kills the most wolves and coyotes is scheduled to start at sunrise Friday in east-central Idaho.

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Utah wildlife officials say a coyote hunter accidentally shot and killed a federally-protected gray wolf.

Police shot and killed a wild and possibly sick coyote after it bit a man and a child and tried to attack a third person in separate attacks in residential neighborhoods on Christmas.

Once common in the Southeast, the red wolf had been considered extinct in the wild as of 1980 because of factors including hunting and loss of habitat.

Organizers defended the contest as a way to have fun, adding the state is teeming with coyotes and the animals prey on livestock and pets.

Remote-sensing cameras set up to help researchers count deer on Jekyll Island ended up capturing images of a more elusive animal that had never before been confirmed at the island state park.

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Raccoons are not cute and cuddly, not even the cartoony ones. They are a nuisance and particularly annoying when they take over a neighborhood.

While advocates say bobcats have become nuisances in some places, opponents question the science behind declaring them recovered and argue that bobcat hunting is all about trophies, not food.

Wildlife on private land within Grand Teton National Park is now under jurisdiction of the state of Wyoming and can be hunted, the National Park Service decided.

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources officials say wolf hunters trapped 80 percent of their kills and used dogs to take six animals.

This year's hunt is the last of five begun in 2010 to reduce the bruin population and protect people, property (and bears) from human-bear interactions.

Officials with Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area and the Obed Wild and Scenic River say hog hunting season has opened.

Wolf hunters exceeded Wisconsin's statewide kill limit by four animals, according to the state Department of Natural Resources' final tally.

An Idaho hunter howls in a pack of wolves and is nearly run over when they answer the call!

Authorities have charged a western Wisconsin man who they say attacked a squirrel hunter near his property.

Two friends get together for a weekend of coyote hunting and push their luck until the last stand of the day.

Illinois lawmakers have approved legislation allowing bobcat hunting for the first time in more than 40 years.

Watch two wolves attack a deer in Alberta, Canada. This video was filmed just after the release of a recent wolf cull.

After a year-long wait, this new hunter finally scores on her first hog.

The Barnett Raptor FX hunting crossbow is lightweight and accurate, and it comes with an affordable price tag.

Organized coyote hunts that award prizes to the top marksman have sparked a culture clash in California between wildlife advocates who value the animals as an essential part of the landscape and people who view coyotes as wily varmints to be hunted down to protect livestock.

It looks like hunters will get a chance to run dogs on wolves, at least for a while.

Organizer Idaho for Wildlife says bureau caved to environmental groups after protests.

New facts and figures out of the Southeast Deer Study Group shed some light on deer home ranges, the impact of hogs and coyotes on deer, and more.

Meet the Busbices, stars of A&E's new series “Country Buck$.” As son Matt Busbice, 32, is quick to point out, this is no “Duck Dynasty.”

Sightings of one of Indiana's most secretive inhabitants are on the rise as the largely nocturnal animals venture south from a northeastern Indiana stronghold into areas with favorable habitat.