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
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... (Panthera tigris sondaica) roaming its native habitat. At a time when the subspecies was rapidly vanishing from the island's expanding agricultural ...Read more
Date: 2026-09-10
Have you ever seen a black tiger (Panthera tigris)? It's not a new species. Rather, it's a tiger with a rare genetic mutation called ...Read more
Date: 2026-09-06
Cerebral cysticercosis in a wild Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) in Bhutan: A first report in non-domestic felids. International Journal for ...Read more
Date: 2026-09-05
From seizure to sentence: Weak prosecution leaves tigers vulnerable to trafficking in Southeast Asia
Little deterrent for tiger poachers and traders. The tiger as a species, Panthera tigris, is in peril. And while some scientists question how many ...Read more
Date: 2026-09-04
Adult female tiger (Panthera tigris) on the prowl at Kabini ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-29
Adult female tiger (Panthera tigris) on the prowl at Kabini Tiger Reserve (Nagarahole), Karnataka, India. File photo credit: AjayTvm via ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-28
The tiger is Panthera tigris, a large carnivore of the family Felidae. In India, the tiger is protected under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-26
BANDA ACEH - The Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) stated that a Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) was reported to have ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-26
... Panthera tigris' and 'Panthera pardus' on humans. The study's lead author Aman Deep Rathi stated that their research addresses a critical ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-24
But new observations reveal a far more complex reality. Family of Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) ... The closeup image of Malayan tiger ( ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-23
The Malayan tiger (Panthera tigris malayensis) is a sub-species native to Peninsular Malaysia and is classified as critically endangered. Stay ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-22
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
Snow Leopard News
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Experts note that the snow leopard is perfectly adapted to life in mountainous and rocky terrain. Its wide paws help it move through snow, while ...Read more
Date: 2026-09-11
... snow leopard captured on camera traps in Besh-Tash Nature Park. AKIPRESS.COM - NABU Kyrgyzstan environmental organization installed camera traps in ...Read more
Date: 2026-09-11
A snow leopard, a national first-class protected species in China, is captured on infrared cameras in the Qilian Mountains of Gansu province, ...Read more
Date: 2026-09-09
Rare footage of an adult snow leopard, a national first-class protected species in China, has been captured by infrared cameras in the Qilian ...Read more
Date: 2026-09-09
... snow leopard behaves. What is this? Report Ad. The number that broke the map. Earlier range estimates for snow leopards in Nepal leaned on older ...Read more
Date: 2026-09-09
The author, who travelled across the snow leopard landscape of the world for his doctoral dissertation, is a scientist at the Nature Conservation ...Read more
Date: 2026-09-09
... Snow leopard, water and spring: Story and symbols behind World Nomad Games opening ceremony. AKIPRESS.COM - The opening ceremony of the 6th World ...Read more
Date: 2026-09-09
The Ghost of the Mountains: Unraveling the Secrets of the Snow Leopard by Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi; Riverhead Books, 336 pp., $32.Read more
Date: 2026-09-09
A snow leopard in the Himalayas. Image by Prasenjeet Yadav. Snow leopards and their survival in changing times [Book Review]. Usha Rai 8 Sep 2026.Read more
Date: 2026-09-08
The International Secretariat of the World Nomad Games has announced the official mascot for the upcoming tournament: the snow leopard, ...Read more
Date: 2026-09-07
A snow leopard has been safely captured and transferred to a local wildlife rescue center after attacking livestock ... No casualties reported after ...Read more
Date: 2026-09-07
Snow leopard, a vulnerable species rarely seen in the wild, has been captured for the first time in.Read more
Date: 2026-09-06
Snow Leopard Lodge – Ulley Valley. ladakh leopard Expert spotters track the valleys for wildlife including the elusive snow leopard. Image credit ...Read more
Date: 2026-09-05
... snow leopard (Panthera uncia) : Morup Namgail. Ladakh is about to get a tourism product that officials are billing as a first for India: a guided ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-30
The snow leopard (Panthera uncia) is the most studied large carnivore in the Indian Himalayas, and its biology makes it a precise indicator of ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-23
Lion News
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Using GPS telemetry, researchers tracked the locations of 17 lions (Panthera leo) and 14 spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) at two locales: the Etosha ...Read more
Date: 2026-09-09
However, male African lions (Panthera leo) are the ones going after spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta), who move away from the big cats. These new ...Read more
Date: 2026-09-09
Labels identify the data points: Dd = Dipodomys deserti, Am = Aepyceros melampus, Aj = Acinonyx jubatus, UB = Usain Bolt, Pl = Panthera leo, Eq = ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-31
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
Leopard News
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The Sri Lankan leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya) is particularly vulnerable, with dozens killed or permanently maimed by wire snares in the central ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-31
In celebration of National Nature Conservation Day (HKAN) on August 10th, research revealed a total of 51 Javan Leopards (Panthera pardus.Read more
Date: 2026-08-29
One important news comes from the Halimun Salak Mountain National Park, West Java, which is an important habitat for the Javan Tiger (Panthera pardus ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-28
Leopard, Panthera pardus, on tree, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, Africa · Discover Wildlife. Watch dramatic BBC footage shows desperate ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-27
Human-carnivore conflict involving domestic livestock and lion (Panthera leo), leopard (Panthera pardus), and spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) are ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-26
... Panthera pardus' on humans. The study's lead author Aman Deep Rathi stated that their research addresses a critical conservation dilemma -- “how ...Read more
Date: 2026-08-23
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
Jaguar News
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A jaguar (Panthera onca), in a wildlife rescue & rehabilitation centre in Formosa Province, Argentina. Image credits: Wikimedia Commons. Warner ...Read more
Date: 2026-09-09
Jaguar (Panthera onca) - Spotted Big Cat© Diego Grandi/Shutterstock.com. The post What Were Bengal ...Read more
Date: 2026-09-02
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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