Cougars, pumas, and mountain lions. Are they the same animal? Depending on where you live, you’ve probably heard of at least one of these names. While these are all very different, they actually refer ...

Two images that circulated online in November 2025 claimed (archived) to show a wolf protecting a litter of wild piglets from a prowling mountain lion in Montana. According to the story that ...

African lions have thunderous roars. The explosive sound rattles your eardrums when it booms in a nature documentary. But it turns out that the powerful roar we attribute to the big cats isn’t the ...

A female mountain lion with a bullet wound to its chest is pictured on the ground in Taylor Canyon north of Gunnison. (Courtesy, CPW). Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) officers are needing additional ...

'All I could see at first was a large tan body, long tail, black tip,' Joey Thometz recalled of his shocking close call with the wild animal Michael Nied has been a digital news editor with PEOPLE ...

LAKE FOREST, Cali. — There is something fascinating about seeing wildlife roaming freely in nature's open spaces. One can't help but to admire their existence and instincts. Although, a personal ...

How do you tell large dangerous animals apart while staying safe? Well, one way for lions has been to identify them through their roar. For a long time it was believed that lions only had one kind of ...

Cruz, the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum's resident mountain lion for more than a decade, was humanely euthanized Thursday. He was 13. According to a news release from the museum, Cruz had been dealing ...

Scientists have discovered a whole new type of roar produced by African lions, indicating the big cat’s communication could be more complex than commonly believed. Researchers from the University of ...

Mountain lions are one of North America’s most beautiful feline predators. These big cats are known by many names, including cougar, puma, and panther. Mountain lions survive on stealth, roaming an ...