Mountain lions have always been the kind of animal people assume stays far from roads, neighborhoods, and everyday life. That is part of why sightings hit people so hard when they happen close to town ...

Hunting mountain lions for sport is illegal in California, but property owners may be granted depredation permits to kill any ...

A mountain lion usually does not announce itself the way people expect. Most of the time, if one has passed near a neighborhood, what you get is not some dramatic face-to-face sighting. You get clues.