mountain lions

A young mountain lion who appears to be establishing territory was captured and returned to the wild after a visit to a Newport Beach neighborhood.

Roy Toft has shot video and stills of coyotes, California gray fox, raptors, lynx, opossums, skunks, mule deer and raccoons on his East County property.

Roy Toft has shot video and stills of coyotes, California gray fox, raptors, lynx, opossums, skunks, mule deer and raccoons on his East County property

Groundbreaking is scheduled for Friday on what’s billed as the world’s largest wildlife crossing — a bridge over a major Southern California highway that will provide more room to roam for mountain lions and other animals hemmed in by urban sprawl.

The path over the 101 Freeway near Los Angeles is designed to give mountain lions, coyotes, deer, lizards, snakes and other creatures a way to cross one of the region’s busy freeways.

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

Gov. Gavin Newsom Tuesday signed a bill introduced by a Southern California assemblyman to restrict the use of certain rat poisons that have been linked to the deaths of mountain lions and other wildlife. The measure, authored by Assemblyman Richard Bloom, D-Santa Monica, limits the use of second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides statewide until the Department of Pesticide Regulations director certifies that…

The big cats are suddenly able to roam the land without a lot of pesky people around, which has created a rare opportunity for the Bay Area Puma Project to study their behavior and find new ways to protect them.