The Panthera genus is one of the most well-known groups of animals and includes what many call the “big cats.” Within the wild cat family Felidae, the Panthera species are among the largest living cats and there are only one or two species per continent. The five species are the tigers and snow leopards of Asia; the lions and leopards of Africa and Asia; and the jaguars of Latin America.
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Here are some news items about the five big cats from June to August 2026.
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Tiger News
August 2026
Nepal has seen remarkable growth in its Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris) population, reaching 429 in the latest census released on Global Tiger Day ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-18
However, this conservation success has created new challenges. Experts estimate that 35% of India's wild tigers (Panthera tigris tigris) now live ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-17
The study, titled “Non-Invasive Sampling of Odours from Tiger (Panthera tigris) and Leopard (Panthera pardus) for Wildlife Conservation ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-13
... Panthera tigris or leopard P. pardus. We evaluated the ability of field experts to identify scats through visual inspection, measured morphometric ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-12
Sumatran tigers, scientifically known as Panthera tigris sumatrae, are found only on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, where shrinking forest ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-12
... Agency (BKSDA) evacuate a wild Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris...Read more
Date: 2026-08-12
Its last confirmed sighting in Kazakhstan was recorded in 1948. Umit is an Amur tiger, a population of the mainland Asian tiger (Panthera tigris ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-11
Her mission is to restore the population of the Caspian tiger (Panthera tigris virgata), a species extinct since the 1970s. The Minister of ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-08
Nevertheless, the forests here still harbors endangered wildlife, including Sumatran tigers (Panthera tigris sumatrae), siamang (Symphalangus ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-07
Umit is an adult Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica), the largest living tiger subspecies. Conservationists selected the Amur tiger because it is ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-06
The appearance of a Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) near a settlement in Gampong Pante Kera, East Aceh, on Monday, August 3, 2026, ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-05
The Site, together with the wider landscape of Kamlang Tiger Reserve and Wildlife Sanctuary, supports four species of big cats: tiger (Panthera tigris) ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-04
The Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) is one of the largest tiger subspecies and is native to the Indian subcontinent, including India ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-04
Pilandok Cave lies within the ancestral domain of the Pala'wan people of Maasin. According to the NMP, the fossils belonged to Panthera tigris and ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-02
Tigers (Panthera tigris) fall squarely within the order Carnivora, and no commercially licensed rabies vaccine exists for tigers. That means a ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-02
Snow Leopard News
June to August 2026
... snow leopard (Panthera uncia). • It also provides habitat and wintering ground to multiple water-dependent birds such as the critically endangered ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-04
Also, an endangered snow leopard (Panthera uncia) also popularly known as the “Ghost of the Mountains”, has been spotted and clicked for the first ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-01
In a landmark breakthrough for wildlife conservation in Himachal Pradesh, the endangered snow leopard (Panthera uncia), popularly known as the ...Read more
Date: 2026-07-31
High in the rugged, snow-capped ranges of Central and South Asia, the Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) lives a solitary existence across steep ...Read more
Date: 2026-07-30
... Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) as the Union Territory's State Animal and the Black-necked Crane (Grus nigricollis) as its State Bird. Earlier, the ...Read more
Date: 2026-07-27
Snow leopard (Panthera uncia). Snow leopard. © Abesolom Zerit/Shutterstock. Snow leopards live in harsh ...Read more
Date: 2026-07-04
The snow leopard (Panthera uncia) is a prime example because it serves as an umbrella and flagship species in high-mountain Asia. However, a major ...Read more
Date: 2026-07-02
In the frozen heights of the Himalayas, one of Earth's most elusive predators hunts in near-total silence. The snow leopard — Panthera uncia — is ...Read more
Date: 2026-07-01
... snow leopard (Panthera uncia) science. After retiring in 2022, Jackson serves as the president of the conservancy's board of directors, where he ...Read more
Date: 2026-06-22
The snow leopard (Panthera uncia), classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, is threatened by habitat loss, retaliatory killings by herders ...Read more
Date: 2026-05-23
Lion News
August 2026
The evolutionary dynamics of the lion Panthera leo revealed by host and viral population genomics. PLOS Genetics. - Mazak (2010). Geographical ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-16
This article focuses on the genomic analysis of extinct Cape lions (Panthera leo melanochaitus) from the Western Cape Province, South Africa, ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-15
Close up portrait of a male lion (Panthera leo). Photographed in Chief Island, Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta, Botswana.No use: BBC, Pearson, ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-15
The Gir forest is well known all over the world for the only wild gene pool and for the last home of the Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica). Project ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-12
... (Panthera leo leo), one of 23 species historically confirmed to have ... (Panthera leo leo), one of 23 species historically confirmed to have ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-12
Ans: African Lion & Environmental Research Trust (ALERT). 2. The scientific name for the Asiatic Lion subspecies found in India. Ans: Panthera leo leo.Read more
Date: 2026-08-12
The free ranging lions today exist as two disjunct populations: Panthera leo leo in Africa and Panthera leo persica in India. The former are ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-11
Panthera leo leo, which includes Asiatic lions as well as populations in West and Central Africa, is classified as "Endangered," while Panthera leo ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-11
... Panthera leo persica). Lions day celebration began as a global awareness initiative in 2013 has become a proud annual celebration across ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-11
The African lion remains an endangered species. Lions today face numerous threats. The southern lion (Panthera leo krugeri), which can be found at ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-11
... (Panthera leo massaica / Panthera leo nubica). (Photo: Roger & Pat de la Harpe) african-lion-book A lion (Panthera leo) resting in Phinda ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-11
Panthera leo leo, which includes the Asiatic lion and populations in West and Central Africa, is classified as “Endangered.” Panthera leo ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-11
World Lion Day, observed annually on Aug. 10, draws attention to the shrinking range of Panthera leo, the world's second-largest big cat species.Read more
Date: 2026-08-11
... (Panthera leo leo). The lion is one of 23 historically occurring species the reserve's board has approved for reintroduction. Across its 24500 ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-10
... (Panthera leo persica). Lions day celebration began as a global awareness initiative in 2013 and has become a proud annual celebration across ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-10
Leopard News
August 2026
The Amur leopard, or Panthera pardus orientalis, is a subspecies that is critically endangered. Darlie and Freddie's offspring, living in zoos ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-20
... (Panthera pardus) in an Eastern Himalayan landscape, provides the first rigorous nationwide estimate of Bhutan's leopard population. Researchers ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-18
As tiger populations expand, they displace common leopards (Panthera pardus) from core habitats, pushing them into surrounding human settlements ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-18
The cubs of the Persian leopard (Panthera pardus tulliana), a male and two females, can now be observed by visitors, after spending the first ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-18
... (Panthera pardus) make up the anchor species. Habitat protection of at least any one of these nine key species could help conserve more than 700 ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-13
The study, titled “Non-Invasive Sampling of Odours from Tiger (Panthera tigris) and Leopard (Panthera pardus) for Wildlife Conservation ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-13
The term just describes individual leopards (Panthera pardus) or jaguars (Panthera onca) that display melanism. What's melanism, you ask? It's a ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-13
The mammals included common leopards (Panthera pardus), jungle cats (Felis chaus), leopard cats (Prionailurus bengalensis), civets, a golden ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-12
AERF recorded a Royal Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) and a black leopard (Panthera pardus) in a private forest that the foundation helps to ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-12
The study, titled Non-Invasive Sampling of Odours from Tiger (Panthera tigris) and Leopard (Panthera pardus) for Wildlife Conservation, was released ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-08
A mother leopard, Panthera pardus, walks down a dead log to its cub, A mother leopard approaches her cub. Leopards learn how to climb trees from a ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-07
The North China leopard, or Panthera pardus japonensis, a subspecies unique to China, is an animal under first-class State protection. Historically, ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-06
... (Panthera pardus), clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa), and snow leopard (Panthera uncia). It also provides habitat and wintering ground to ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-04
by Sriyan de Silva Wijeyeratne. Being Sri Lanka's sleek apex predator, it is no surprise that Panthera pardus kotiya has spun a mesmerizing web.Read more
Date: 2026-08-03
(Panthera pardus orientalis) in Land of the Leopard National Park, Russia, using 10 years (2014–2023) of camera-trap data. Using spatially explicit ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-02
Jaguar News
June to August 2026
The jaguar (Panthera onca) is the largest feline in America and one of the most emblematic species of South American forests. However, it faces ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-14
... jaguar (Panthera onca), the largest feline in the Americas. In Brazil ... Bastos warns, however, of substantial differences in how wild species ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-12
Jaguar (Panthera Onca). Range, From the southern United States to northern Argentina, with the largest continuous population found in the Amazon ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-07
©Photo by Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images. PANTANAL, BRAZIL - 2024/05/10: A Jaguar (Panthera onca) is walking along the riverbank of ...Read more
Date: 2026-07-12
Jaguar (Panthera onca) lying on tree roots, portrait. Mato Grosso, Pantanal. The vast majority of the world's wild jaguars live in South America ...Read more
Date: 2026-06-25
©Photo by Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images. PANTANAL, BRAZIL - 2024/05/10: A Jaguar (Panthera onca) on a riverbank of one of the ...Read more
Date: 2026-06-24
UNSPECIFIED - MARCH 03: Jaguar (Panthera onca), Felidae. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images) See more. Once widespread across southern, eastern, and ...Read more
Date: 2026-06-18
The jaguar (Panthera onca) is the largest feline in the Americas and plays essential roles: Prey regulation: controls populations of capybaras ...Read more
Date: 2026-06-03
In the image, a jaguar (Panthera onca) crosses the Miranda River in Corumba, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, on August 15, 2025. (Photo by Rafael ...Read more
Date: 2026-06-01
Jaguar Panthera onca by Ecuadorian artist Juanchi Pérez A jaguar in the jungle of southern Mexico. Mardoz/Shutterstock. “Deforestation is a ...Read more
Date: 2026-05-26
... jaguar (Panthera onca) had been born in Argentina's slice of the expansive Gran Chaco Forest, South America's second largest forest. Jaguar and ...Read more
Date: 2026-05-21
The loss of prey base may drive the jaguar (Panthera onca) toward extinction in the Atlantic Forest of South America. Global Ecology and ...Read more
Date: 2026-05-09
A Jaguar (Panthera onca) is walking along the riverbank of one of the tributaries of the Cuiaba River near Porto Jofre in the northern Pantanal ...Read more
Date: 2026-05-07
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