The Panthera big cats are the most well-known of the wild cats and are often in the international news. The five wild cats in the Panthera genus are the Snow Leopards and Tigers of Asia; the Jaguars of South America and the Lions and Leopards of Africa.
Here is some interesting news about these magnificent cats from around the world published from October to December 2024. Click on the publisher's name (eg Mongabay) to read the full article.
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Updates: Dec 3, Nov 27, Nov 20, Nov 13, Nov 7, Oct 30, Oct 23 2024
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Snow Leopards in the News (Panthera uncia)
... new genetic resources and information from a matrilineal perspective for snow leopards (Panthera uncia) and are expected to aid in future planning for the conservation ...
Research article in Conservation Genetics
Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia), one of the world's most elusive and endangered big cats, and their natural habitat. 23rd October 2024 marks the ...
In this study, snow leopards within the SESR were monitored during citizen science expeditions led by the OSI-Panthera research program ...
"This recent technology has significantly reduced Snow leopard (Panthera uncia) attacks on the livestock at the targeted sites.” The WWF explained ...
by Arab News
The snow leopard (Panthera uncia) is the apex predator of the trans-Himalayas. It also has a high significance in the local folklore ...
By NDTV (New Delhi)
Snow leopards (Panthera uncia) inhabit the mountainous regions of High Asia, which experienced serial glacial contraction ...
By Biodiversity and Conservation (Research article)
At the same time, there were many rumours that the snow leopard, (Panthera uncia), a flagship species of the mountainous regions in South and ...
More about this story on Snow Leopard Reports and Mongabay.
... new conservation action plan for snow leopards (Panthera uncia)... At the heart of this conflict lies the agrarian lifestyle of people in the villages ...
By Mongabay
Tigers in the News (Panthera tigris)
.. Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) and the Sumatran elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus), both critically endangered. It also boasts more than 4,000 plant ..
On Mongabay
Tigers (Panthera tigris) are endangered wild felids, despite ongoing efforts to recover populations globally. The majority of the global population is concentrated within ~ 40 “source sites”...
Research article in Global Ecology and Conservation
In the Russian Far East, orphaned Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) cubs were brought into captivity but prepared for re-release into the wild ...
Research article in The Journal of Wildlife Management
Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) in the Ussuri Forest. (BBC). All seven episodes of Asia presented by Sir David Attenborough ...
Only 11 Sumatran tigers were spotted during Indonesian monitoring activities between 2020 and 2022...
On Cosmos and on Asia News Network
WWF-Australia has supported vital work across five tiger-range landscapes in four countries to protect tiger habitats ...
According to the IUCN Red List, the Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) is an endangered species globally. Data from the Global Tiger Forum ...
By Mongabay
Robin Darius Conz (Germany) watches a tiger on a hillside against the backdrop of a town ...
Jaguars in the News (Panthera onca)
The jaguar (Panthera onca), the largest cat in the Americas, plays a crucial role in maintaining the ecological balance of the Amazon rainforest.
On World Bank
... cattle ranching and the conservation of jaguars (Panthera onca) and pumas (Puma concolor) in 129 ranches located in the Amazon arc of deforestation ...
Research article on Plos One
Jaguar populations (Panthera onca) on the Ecuadorian coast are critically endangered, with only a few dozen individuals remaining in the region ...
... jaguar (Panthera onca) detected in the region. This dramatically low number alone shows the critical state of survival of the so-called American ...
On Mongabay
We evaluated the most relevant natural and anthropogenic factors for the occurrence and co‐occurrence of jaguars (Panthera onca) and pumas (Puma concolor) in the eastern Amazon, the most degraded portion of this tropical rainforest …
Research article in Austral Ecology
This young jaguar (Panthera onca) was captured as a cub near the town of Matías Romero in Oaxaca; after a year and a half in a small cage, it was ...
By Mongabay
A jaguar (Panthera onca) with its prey, a caiman (Caiman yacare), being watched by tourists in the Pantanal ...
By Nature
Lions in the News (Panthera leo)
Asiatic lions (Panthera leo leo) have increased in range and abundance in densely populated India, a rare example of coexistence ...
Research article in Conservation Biology
... significant differences from a modern lion cub (Panthera leo) of similar age (three weeks) in the unusual shape of the muzzle with a large mouth opening and small ears ...
Research article in Nature - Scientific Reports
They’ve also developed an artificial intelligence model that can identify 17 species, including rhinos, lions (Panthera leo) and leopards (Panthera pardus) ...
On Mongabay
Lions (Panthera leo) have sharp claws, strong muscles, keen eyes, and powerful fangs, making them predators avoided by most animals ...
Pollen analyses of the sediment from skulls cavities of two cave lions Panthera spelaea from the middle Indigirka River basin, North-East Siberia, were performed ...
The lion (Panthera leo) was extirpated from the Cape region of South Africa during the mid-nineteenth century. Whilst historically classified as a ...
By Nature
... West African lions (Panthera leo leo), savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana) and cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus). With conservation focused on these threatened and ...
By Mongabay
Few wild lions (Panthera leo) are as well-known as the 'Man-eaters of Tsavo', two large maneless males that terrorized workers constructing the ...
By Nature
More about this story on Live Science.
Leopards in the News (Panthera pardus)
The Sri Lankan leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya) is a sub species of the Panthera pardus family. It inhabits ...
Research article in Authorea (preprint)
Anatolian leopard, scientific name Panthera pardus tulliana, is one of the endemic species in Turkey. It is on the IUCN list of endangered species ...
On RaillyNews
Notable species such as the Asian houbara bustard (Chlamydotis macqueenii), Imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca), and the Persian leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor) ...
On Daryo.uz
... Anatolian leopard (Panthera pardus tulliana) is photographed by a camera trap set up in Ankara, Türkiye, November 13, 2024. (Photo via Turkish Agriculture ...
2024 WINNER | WILDLIFE | African Leopard Fight, Mashatu Game Reserve,Botswana. “The amount of time invested in getting this image and the ...
... (Panthera pardus tulliana; n = 40) reported by governmental organizations of Iran during 2009–2019 to investigate food-related and surplus ...
On Nature
... leopards (Panthera pardus) and African golden cats (Caracal aurata), a small forest cat found only in Central and West Africa ...
By Mongabay
One of its subspecies is the Javan leopard (Panthera pardus melas) which is only found on the island of Java …
2 Responses
Lisa Robertson
Beautiful post!
wildcatfamily
Hi Lisa, glad you enjoyed it. Regards, Mandy.