Colorado has a few thousand mountain lions, but a mountain lion attack on a human is rare, and a fatality – like the woman who died in a suspected attack Thursday in Larimer County – is even rarer.

For many people, the names cougar and mountain lion sound like they belong to two separate animals. Wildlife documentaries, ...

SAN FRANCISCO - A young male mountain lion was spotted in San Francisco and eluded animal control officers for hours, while simultaneously captivating a human audience – watching online and in person ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lassen County Sheriff John McGarva posted on social media earlier this month that mountain lions posed an imminent threat to ...

After a fatal mountain lion attack killed a woman hiking in January 2026, a separate sighting forced a trail closure. A woman was killed in Colorado’s first fatal mountain lion attack in 25 years.

A young mountain lion was spotted in San Francisco's Pacific Heights near Lafayette Park starting on Monday and was tranquilized on Tuesday. The large cat was checked out and released to the wild. SAN ...