There is only one species of jaguar, though scientists originally classified them into 9 subspecies. There are four specific ...

On International Snow Leopard Day 2025, dive into 8 fascinating facts about these elusive mountain cats — from their ...

When a sabertooth tiger called out, what noise did it make -- a mighty roar or a throaty purr? A new study examined the data behind the arguments for each vocalization and found that the answer was ...

A large predator lurks in the brush, flashing a long tail and fur printed with telltale black and tan rosettes. It must surely be a leopard. Or … could it be a jaguar? With their stealthy hunting ...

Nat Geo WILD's "Big Cat Week" debuts Sunday with the goal of raising awareness about endangered animals and spurring viewers to take action. Cheetahs do not roar, as the other big cats do. Instead, ...

In southern India, near the Bandipur Reserve, a hungry Asian elephant walks towards a farm in search of food. This region has one of the densest populations of Asian elephants in the world. During the ...

The oldest fossil of a previously unknown ancient leopard species, found in Tibet, is shaking the pantherine evolutionary tree, suggesting that big cats arose in Asia, not Africa, according to a new ...

NEWARK — When Joe Taft arrived at a Greene County farm to pick up a leopard a woman had living inside a cage in a barn, he found that feline and four others — two tigers, one cougar and a lion — ...