Penn State’s longtime mascot is a common mountain lion, the kind that roamed the mountains near the school’s State College ...

Known by many names across country, a mountain lion is the same animal as a puma, cougar, panther, or catamount, depending on ...

What makes a lion "Nittany," anyway? According to the Penn State website, before 1904, the school didn't even have a mascot, save for a work mule named "Old Coaly" that helped in construction ...

But how did the name come to be? And what, exactly, is a Nittany Lion? Heading into its Orange Bowl matchup against Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff semifinals Thursday, here’s a ...