“big cats”

Arizona hunters may no longer be able to take mountain lions or bobcats, as SB 1182, a bill drafted by Arizona State Sen. Steve Farley (D-Tucson), seeks to end the hunting of the big cats. Backed by a fine of no less than $8,000, and potentially much more, the bill, if passed, would make mountain lions and bobcats a “protected” species.

The appearance of a cougar on a Nebraska golf course during a high school tournament focuses attention on activists who have prevented earnest hunting seasons for the big cats as their numbers grow.

Bringing the U.S. approach to science-based wildlife management to Zambia is the key to conservation of the species.

Police have credited the drought gripping the West with an increased number of mountain lion sightings in Utah.

Security cameras have captured footage of a mountain lion out for a just-before-dawn stroll through a residential area in Hollywood Hills, Calif.

The Arizona Game and Fish Department and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have received a photograph of a jaguar taken by a Fort Huachuca trail camera in the Huachuca Mountains.

A photographer in Brazil was able to capture a series of photos depicting a jaguar's ambush of a yacaré caiman.

It’s fitting that Delta McKenzie’s 3-D life-size lion target has its own constellation as big-game hunters aim for the stars on their summertime African hunts.

A woman in Naples, Fla., was out for a walk when a mountain lion raced past her on a bridge.