Mountain lions (also called pumas and cougars in different parts of the world) can be extremely difficult to catch on camera... but these two just happened to be in the right place at the right time.

While mountain lion sightings in Minnesota are uncommon, they can – and sometimes do – happen.

'All I could see at first was a large tan body, long tail, black tip,' Joey Thometz recalled of his shocking close call with the wild animal Michael Nied has been a digital news editor with PEOPLE ...

Joseph Holbrook, an associate professor in the Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources, and Justin Clapp, a UW Ph.D. student from Riverton, headed a four-year study in the Casper area that ...