mountain lion

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.

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.

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

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

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.

After four months of rehabilitation work, an orphaned mountain lion cub was transported to its original habitat near Tijeras Creek Golf Course in Orange County. A hatch door was opened and, after a quick glance around, the mountain lion leaped her way back home.

An orphaned mountain lion cub rescued this week inside a Shasta County wildfire zone was being treated for burns by veterinarians at the Oakland Zoo.

He survived the flames of Southern California’s Woolsey Fire that ripped through his habitat in the Santa Monica Mountains, but a mountain lion known as P-64 has now been found dead of unknown causes, National Park Service officials said Friday.

An orphaned mountain lion cub whose paws were burned during the massive Thomas fire was rescued Dec. 22 by the Santa Paula Police Department. The cub — who most likely would have starved and died if she was not captured — is now recovering at a wildlife center.

After an extended bear hunt in New Jersey this fall, people reported possible large cat sightings to police in Winslow Township near the Hammonton Border.

Wildlife officials and police officers fanned out across a Southern California neighborhood Friday morning as they tried to capture a mountain lion roaming a high school campus.