Wildlife biologists from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources verified the presence of a pair of cougar cubs in Ontonagon County on Wednesday. Photos of the kittens taken on March 6 on private ...

June 28, 2007 -- A new reality TV show promises that the claws will come out in the battle of the cougars vs. the kittens, and it's not happening on the Discovery channel.

On Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., the park will host a wild cat day, with special exhibits, activities and games, and special public feeding times for the park’s bobcats, lynxes and cougars.

Emaciated cougar kittens hang out by the remains their road-killed mom. (Dan Hansen) By Rich Landers [email protected] (509) 459-5508 ...

WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) -Three cougar kittens captured in Wyoming after their mother died are making themselves at home in North Dakota. The young orphans, two females and a male, arrived at the ...

The surviving kittens, a male and female, were captured by the houndsman and officer Matt Sabo and turned over to Rich Beausoleil, the department’s cougar and bear specialist in Wenatchee.

He just wanted to save the three cougar kittens. And he did. Callaway, 64, is both a hunter and a retired wildlife biologist for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's (ODFW) Baker City office.

Late last year, a hunter shot a cougar called F1. That lion had three 20-month-old kittens - a female and two males. They linked up with F27, although the female has since left.

Once the cougars arrive at the N.C. Zoo, they will be under a mandatory 30-day quarantine. Patrons will soon be able to see the kittens in the cougar exhibit in the zoo's Cypress Swamp complex.

She already has exceeded her life expectancy, too. For a female cougar in captivity, that is about 16 years, zoo officials said. With its two new additions, the Alexandria Zoo now has 23 wild cats.

The Wildcat Sanctuary in Sandstone was notified by the state of Washington that two wild cougar kittens tragically lost their mother. The sanctuary stepped up and acted quickly.

Today, sightings of the big cats are infrequent, although they have increased in recent years. The DNR has verified 132 reports of adult cougars in the state since 2008, Roell says.