According to the DEC, there is no native, self-sustaining population of mountain lions (also called cougars or eastern cougars) in New York. They once roamed the state — especially the Adirondacks — ...

Long before the familiar lions and cheetahs roamed the open savannas, there was a cat whose world looked very different.

It’s almost impossible to picture a world where giant saber-toothed cats once prowled the earth. But that world was real, and ...