There is a cause for celebration, and pride, in Issaquah as the Cougar Mountain Zoo welcomes new African lion cubs.

Another zoo animal is on the run in Washington, but this time it isn’t a zebra. An endangered East African crowned crane escaped the Cougar Mountain Zoo in Issaquah, the zoo said in a May 21 Facebook ...

A rare bird that escaped from Cougar Mountain Zoo in Issaquah has been captured. The missing bird, a juvenile East African crowned crane, escaped its enclosure Wednesday. KIRO-7 TV reports a resident ...

An East African crowned crane has been on the loose for days in Washington. Screengrab from Cougar Mountain Zoo's Facebook UPDATE: The crowned crane was caught and taken back to the zoo May 23, ...

A mountain lion lounges in a tree. A cougar attacked a 4-year-old child in Olympic National Park in Washington on July 2025. You’re on a hiking trail in the Pacific Northwest when you catch a glimpse ...

You're on a hiking trail in the Pacific Northwest when you catch a glimpse of a massive, cat-like creature with a tawny brown coat and a black-tipped tail. You've just spotted a mountain lion.