Plans for wildlife crossings that would expand two key Southern California mountain lion ranges could be coming to fruition in the nick of time to save the animals, also known as cougars, pumas and… ...

A mother mountain lion, known as F92, keeps watch as her kittens, F126 and F127, dine on a deer in the Santa Ana Mountains in 2014. All three cats are the offspring of M86, the only known cougar ...

In California, listing cougars as threatened would likely constrain the issuance of depredation permits to kill mountain lions in protected populations, said J.P. Rose, an attorney with the Center ...

The greatest concern for the long-term health of mountain lions in the national forests of Southern California is loss of landscape connectivity between ranges and large blocks of open space on ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife provides estimates from two studies that show ranges of 2,000 to 3,000, and 4,000 to 6,000 mountain lions living in the state today.

The San Gorgonio mountain range, with its star Mt. Baldy, are some of the most popular areas to hike in Southern California because of their beauty — and a range of trails that are suitable for ...

UW Researcher Leads Study Indicating Southern California Mountain Lions ... the Santa Ana Mountains just south of LA and the Eastern Peninsular ranges ... has been years in the making and builds on 25 ...

Southern California Mountain Lions’ Genetic Connectivity Dangerously Low ... which separates the Santa Ana Mountains from other mountain ranges to the east. The power of one. Although seven males ...

Their findings are similar to the signs of severe inbreeding seen early on among most Florida panthers in the 1990s, including the kinked tails, undescended testes and teratospermia (60% or more ...