In a remarkable display of interspecies compassion, an elephant defends an injured lion from a pair of hyenas in South Africa's Kruger National Park. Photographer Morne du Plessis captured this ...

Lions disturb hyenas on a wet afternoon. The Topi lion pride satellite group of lioness Summer and the Bila-Shaka sired sub-adults spot some hyenas chewing on something and give a quick chase.

After a fatal mountain lion attack killed a woman hiking in January 2026, a separate sighting forced a trail closure. A woman was killed in Colorado’s first fatal mountain lion attack in 25 years.

Archaeologists recently uncovered the remains of a young man who lived 6,000 years ago — and survived a brutal encounter with a lion. A study published in the February 2026 edition of the ...

Weeks before a 46-year-old Fort Collins woman was killed in a mountain lion attack near Estes Park, a Glen Haven resident fought off a lion on the same trail. Gary Messina, an ultra marathon runner ...

Experts suggest adult humans do not typically fit a mountain lion's prey image, which is usually deer-sized. Recreating alone can increase risk, as most fatal attacks have involved individuals or ...

A woman who was found dead after a mountain lion attack in Colorado on New Year's Day has been identified as 46-year-old Kristen Marie Kovatch The victim's brother said in a statement that the family ...

"I keep hoping this is all just a nightmare I’ll wake up from," Kristen Marie Kovatch's brother said Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working in ...

In the months before a deadly mountain lion attack in Glen Haven, Colorado, locals in the area reported a series of encounters with big cats. From October through December, mountain lions killed pets, ...

A woman was found dead in Colorado on New Year's Day after a suspected mountain lion attack, the first in the state since 1999, authorities told USA TODAY late last week. Two hikers came across the ...

Colorado wildlife authorities have ended their search for mountain lions along a hiking trail where a woman was killed in a mountain lion attack on New Year's Day, the state's first fatal attack since ...

Tragedy struck early in the New Year in Colorado, when a hiker was killed in a suspected mountain lion attack on January 1. According to a Colorado Parks & Wildlife press release, a group of hikers ...