This story, “Riding for a Fall,” appeared in the June 1954 issue of Outdoor Life. It was dark. Except for a sliver of moon and a few stars flung across the sky, velvet black sealed us off in a small ...

Oklahoma lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow the state’s Department of Wildlife Conservation to issue up to five mountain lion hunting permits through a lottery system. Introduced by ...

Since 1973, Wyoming has managed mountain lions in a way that promotes their existence, using regulations that have allowed the native felines to bounce back from extreme scarcity. Cougars were once ...

Big, silent, and curious, mountain lions sometimes wander into areas where humans live. You might want to run, but here's ...

A new bill making its way through the Oklahoma legislature would create a raffle system for mountain lions in the state. Zach Key via Unsplash Mountain lion hunting has been banned in Oklahoma for ...

Two influential hunting organizations are suing members of the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission saying they violated Colorado Open Meetings Law and spread false information about mountain lion ...

I have lived in Colorado for over 60 years and began following my father elk hunting as a kindergartner. I’ve also been involved as a citizen in Colorado with wildlife and habitat issues for 40 years, ...

A mountain lion lounges in a tree. A cougar attacked a 4-year-old child in Olympic National Park in Washington on July 2025. You’re on a hiking trail in the Pacific Northwest when you catch a glimpse ...

Surveillance video shows mountain lions spending nearly a minute on front porch of home bordering Camp Pendleton early ...

On a chilly October day in Denver, a crowd of Colorado sportsmen and -women gathered on the Capitol steps to rally against a proposed mountain lion and bobcat hunting ban. Amid the sea of camo, blue ...

When scientists become advocates during an election and tell you “just the facts,” you can be certain they are only telling you part of the facts. As Colorado’s carnivore biologist with Colorado Parks ...