After a mountain lion attacked a 5-year-old boy over the weekend, some commenters on social media blasted officials’ decision to kill the big cat and accused the boy’s family of provoking the ...

'We don't have mountain lion jail,' said Beth Pratt, the California regional executive director of the National Wildlife Federation. 'As much as it pains me, I think the officials made the right ...

On Wednesday, the Seaside Police Department's Animal Control reported that a large cat was seen near 1800 Luxton Street. The ...

A mountain lion spotted in Griffith Park in mid-May drew comparisons to celebrity puma P-22, who inhabited the green space for a decade. The lion, which was not collared, is believed to have died ...

Mountain lion attacks remain almost surprisingly rare, but two recent dramatic incidents have shone a spotlight on the precarious human/lion balance, writes Sheila Flynn.

LOS ANGELES — The mountain lion had long roamed Los Angeles like an elusive celebrity. ... On Monday, wildlife authorities captured Los Angeles’s infamous puma, otherwise known as P-22, ...

Security camera footage captured the mountain lion emerging from bushes onto a residential street and pouncing on the Chihuahua mix. ... P-22 is an 11-year old male puma that weighs about 123 pounds.

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A tracked mountain lion that was struck and killed by a car in Calabasas this summer was pregnant with four kittens, wildlife officials disclosed this week. The lion, known ...

If a lion attacks, protect your neck and face. Jennifer Caudill. How to Fight a Mountain Lion. Your primary goal is to make the lion think attacking you isn’t worth the effort.