Biologists recently captured, collared and released a very stout male cat. When they weighed him, they realized he was the ...

The cat has likely reached its maximum size, Lotz says. It’s estimated Florida has approximately 120-230 adult panthers left in the wild, and the nearly 68,000-acre Babcock Ranc ...

Roughly 75 years ago the Florida panther, a unique subspecies of the North American cougar, was nearly extinct when there ...

Florida biologists captured the heaviest panther ever recorded in the state as part of a research program into the endangered animal's movements.

A team of Florida researchers recently captured and collared what they say is the heaviest panther ever caught in the state. The big cat, a male, weighed 166 pounds, according to a statement by the ...

Although Florida panthers are the sunshine state's official animal mascot, only 120 to 230 of them remain in the wild, according to the FWC. In this latest catch and release, officials fitted the ...

reproduction and habitat use and help build strategies to help the animal's population recover. According to the agency, Florida panthers and bobcats are the only two wild cats that can be found ...

Florida’s warm climate makes it a haven for nonnative Muscovy ducks and Egyptian geese, not to mention feral chickens. As ...

He was the heaviest wild Florida panther ever recorded. Biologists collared the big cat as part of an ongoing ... of population dynamics. When the animal was sedated, biologists ran a thorough ...