Wildlife advocates in New Mexico, led by the Sierra Club, are calling on the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish to end hunting of mountain lions and bears, aiming for a complete ban. Current data ...

State wildlife managers are considering increased hunting limits for black bears and cougars in New Mexico, citing research that indicates their populations are growing in some areas of New Mexico.

New Mexico should not join in the attacks on wildlife happening across the West as more and more hunters are being allowed to capture and kill iconic animals such as black bears and cougars. Yet ...

Her radio tag told us that F-91 was on Hardscrabble Ridge near her den. A week earlier, she’d run off the Hornocker Wildlife Research Institute’s Ken Logan and his assistant. No large carnivore is ...

Tambako The Jaguar/Flickr / Most Western states rely on hunters to keep cougar numbers in check. It makes a sort of logical sense: if cougar populations are high, attacks on elk, bighorn sheep and ...

OLYMPIA — Fifteen years after Washington voters banned using dogs to hunt cougars, lawmakers want to set permanent hunting seasons allowing licensed hunters to use hounds to track the cats. The ...

Cougar hunting is controversial in Oregon, and according to recent research, it may not even be an effective wildlife management tool. PORTLAND — After a suspected fatal cougar attack near Mount Hood, ...