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Mountain lion captured in Marin as wildlife project expands

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Quinton Martins, founder of the Living With Lions research project, searches for footprints as he tracks mountain lions in the hills above Sonoma Valley in 2025. (John Burgess/Press Democrat)

Wildlife conservationists captured the first mountain lion in Marin as part of an expanded research project to learn more about how the big cats live in the North Bay. The 8-year-old, 140-pound male, named P-60, was captured in the Lagunitas area last month. Living with Lions program researchers targeted the beast after a property owner … Read more

“This trap caused her to lose the lower part of her right hind leg. It robbed her of speed and stealth, forcing her to jump.” Meet the three-legged and indomitable survivor | Discover wildlife

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"This trap caused her to lose the lower part of her right hind leg. It robbed her of speed and stealth, forcing her to jump." Meet the three-legged and indomitable survivor | Discover wildlife

The high-pitched chirping of cicadas echoes through the heavy air, and the forest behind us shimmers in the midday heat. The black-bellied dove, invisible in the tree canopy, urges me to work harder, work harder, work harder, but my wet shirt and red skin insist that I already am. The pigeons won and I continued … Read more