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A 7-year-old boy was attacked by a mountain lion while he was at a park with his father.

The famous mountain lion P-22 was caught on camera drinking water from a sprinkler in a Los Feliz neighborhood as a major heat wave is sweeping across Southern California.

A decision to shoot a mountain lion in Hollister has sparked an online war of words between the city’s police department and the Oakland Zoo.

Wildlife connectivity bill seeks to improve safety for wildlife alongside California’s highway system.

A family dog died a hero protecting four children from a mountain lion in their backyard.

A mountain lion that made its way inside an empty classroom at a Peninsula high school Wednesday was eventually captured and transported to the Oakland Zoo for a health evaluation, according to officials.

The Northern California resident says her Belgian Malinois named Eva is a hero for grappling with the cougar on Monday near the Trinity River during a walk.

An orphaned and emaciated mountain lion cub spotted by hikers in the San Francisco area was brought to the Oakland Zoo, where veterinarians have named her “Rose” and are trying to nurse her back to health

A mountain lion that led Irvine police on a wild chase Tuesday has been returned to the Santa Ana Mountains, its natural habitat, unlike the area where it was found running through the streets of the city.

Video captured by police shows a full-grown mountain lion hiding in the bushes on a busy street in Orange County before taking off running across the street Tuesday.

The state attorney general says a California town’s plan to declare itself a mountain lion sanctuary as a way to avoid having to build affordable housing is against the law.

An aggressive mountain lion was seen in a Belmont neighborhood near an open space area early Wednesday morning, according to a police department warning via social media.

Scientists tracking two local mountain lion populations, one in the Santa Monica Mountains and another in the Santa Anas, have identified the first reproductive signs of inbreeding among these groups, which are cut off from breeding options by busy freeways.

A mountain lion, likely famed Hollywood big cat P22, was caught on camera performing a late-night balancing act at a Hollywood Hills home.

A mountain lion was seen strolling down a residential street in San Bruno on Thanksgiving afternoon.

Homeowners in the Hollywood Hills were in for a surprise last week when they checked their security camera.

Tense moments during a face-to-face mountain lion encounter were caught on camera Friday on an Orange County hiking trail.

California wildlife officials say the first mountain lion to be rehabilitated and returned to the wild in California has died. State Fish and Wildlife says the female cougar nicknamed Monrovia had been treated and released after being burned last year in a Southern California wildfire. The animal was found with burns to all four paw pads last September after the...

A mountain lion that attacked a 5-year-old boy in Calabasas was shot and killed by a wildlife officer, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife confirmed Saturday.

A juvenile mountain lion that spent two weeks at the San Diego Humane Society’s Ramona Wildlife Center was released back into the Santa Ana Mountains in Orange County by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, it was announced Friday