A video of a Utah resident Kyle Burgess being confronted by a mother cougar while hiking has been spreading around the internet. We spoke to scientists studying cougars to better understand the big ...

For decades, cougars disappeared from the Michigan landscape, but increased protections and a burgeoning deer herd have helped the big cats return, leading to repeated sightings throughout the state.

"This cougar is relatively lucky that her owners recognized a wild cat is not fit to live in an apartment," Kelly Donithan of the Humane Society of the United States said in a statement Digital News ...

Oregonians can breathe a sigh of relief, because what was thought to be a cougar sighting in the state has instead turned out to be a large house cat. The state agency said that the "cougar" seen in ...

A false alarm triggered fear of a cougar in Tigard, Oregon on Thursday Julia Moore is a TV Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Getty A false alarm in Oregon led to a ...

At least one cougar stalked and then attacked a group of five mountain bikers on a trail in Washington Saturday, injuring one cyclist, wildlife officials say. The cyclists managed to pin down the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photos of a cougar standing boldly on a piece of construction equipment in Pasco began circulating on Tri-Cities social media ...