A solo hiker who authorities believe was killed by a mountain lion on a remote Colorado trail on New Year’s Day was not the first person to encounter one of the predators in the area in recent ...

A solo hiker who authorities believe was killed by a mountain lion on a remote Colorado trail on New Year’s Day was not the first person to encounter a big cat in the area in recent weeks. Gary ...

Officials say DNA from the woman killed by a mountain lion last week was found on one of the euthanized cats.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mountain lions have the widest geographic range of any native mammal in the Americas apart from humans, stretching from western ...

Weeks before a hiker was killed in a suspected mountain lion attack in Colorado, a man was nearly attacked by another big cat on the same trail. Gary Messina said he was rushed by a mountain lion ...

A mountain lion asphyxiated the hiker, an autopsy shows.

Authorities have since euthanized two mountain lions found in the area.