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

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

A team of Florida researchers captured and collared a 166-pound male panther. They say it's the heaviest panther ever caught ...

I grew up in Florida, and we heard a lot about the severely endangered Florida Panther back then. The number of cats left in ...

FWC biologists recently captured and tagged the heaviest Florida panther ever recorded, a male weighing 166 pounds.

Florida panthers prey on an assortment of mammals, including opossums. But for one seemingly oblivious opossum recently, it must have been its lucky night. The accompanying footage, credited to ...

Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission officers just caught the largest panther ever weighed in the sunshine state. The big cat was spotted perched in a tree at the Tarpon Blue Ag Babcock Ranch in ...

Last year was one of the deadliest for endangered Florida panthers. Thirty-six cats were found dead, 30 of those from vehicle strikes — the most since 2016. And so far in 2025, one cat has ...