leaving no room for the cougar to attack.” The accompanying footage is grainy but viewers can see the goats holding positions as the cougar, or mountain lion, ranges back and forth before ...

A hard-to-spot mountain lion patiently waits for the right moment to attack an elk feeding in a gully at the Rio Mora National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico in a photo posted by the refuge.

“It’s prime mountain lion habitat,” Tira said. “It’s rural, mountainous.” After Monday’s attack, the Sierra County Sheriff’s Office closed down the county park in ...

The attack occurred around 3am when a local resident let her two dogs out into the fenced backyard of her home. Moments later, she spotted a pair of glowing eyes from a mountain lion staring ...

The two neighbors showed up just in time to shoot the cougar after they got a call from the dog owner's husband. The dog did ...

Mountain lion attacks are rare in California, but incidents have been increasing and the cats' behavior has been changing in the past few decades, according to on-the-ground accounts. Writer ...

While attacks involving mountain lions are rare, they are possible. “Even so, the potential for being killed or injured by a mountain lion is quite low compared to many other natural hazards ...