Chelsea Hylton is a web producer for CBS Los Angeles. An Inglewood native, Hylton has her master's degree from USC. She covers local breaking news across the Southern California region. Before joining ...

Coming face-to-face with a large snake is enough to make most people freeze. In this short video circulating online, however, two boys do the opposite — stepping in when they see a large python ...

Two newly uncovered malware campaigns are exploiting open-source software across Windows and Linux environments to target enterprise executives and cloud systems, signaling a sharp escalation in both ...

A reticulated python gives a zoo worker a bite! Check out the aftermath of working with reptiles. Winter storm maps show states to get hit hardest later this week California High-Speed Rail Authority ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some scary and heartbreaking mountain lion activity in the state of Colorado has been alarming people over the last several weeks.

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 ...

Kristen Marie Kovatch, 46, was identified as the victim of a mountain lion attack on New Year's Day. Kovatch was also the primary caretaker for her parents and worked as a medical assistant in Fort ...

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 ...