“Mountain lions weigh anywhere from 65 to 265 pounds and can be up to 8.5 feet long, from head to tail,” Smith said. “Adults are sandy brown to tawny gray in color with a whitish belly.” ...

As figures in folklore, they maintain a connection to the old country, the Palatine territory on the Rhine, where devastating 17th and 18th century wars sent peace-loving woods-dwellers to America.

Key Background. Rocky Mountain spotted fever is endemic to the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico, although it is also prevalent in Arkansas, Missouri, North Carolina, Tennessee and ...