What the animal is doing — and whether it returns — matters more.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Canadian man found himself in a fight with a cougar, but incredibly was able to defend himself against the animal. The attack ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getting a motion alert on your home security camera in the middle of the night often means one of two things: a potential criminal ...

A cougar attacked an 8-year-old boy who was camping inside a national park Saturday — but the child’s mother was able to scare the animal away, officials said. The young boy only suffered minor ...

The cougar killed last month by a bowhunter in Buffalo County was in good condition and not suffering from injury or disease, according to a necropsy conducted Thursday by the Department of Natural ...

In 2021, shortly after a viral survey by YouGov revealed that 6 percent of Americans believed they could win a fight with a grizzly bear, I found myself at a Backpacker event in the middle of a heated ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Officials euthanized a cougar Monday, saying it was their "last resort" after it was continually spotted in neighborhoods in Corvallis and showed no fear of people. The Benton County ...

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 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — An injured cougar is still at large after being spotted in a neighborhood in Northeast Portland, authorities said. At 5:11 p.m., the Gresham Police Department said they ...

Learn how trail cameras captured the first evidence of cougar reproduction in Minnesota in over a century — and what it could mean for the species’ return. A set of trail cameras in northern Minnesota ...