Seventh big cat dies at Texas animal refuge from virus
A tiger described as the "soul" of a North Texas animal sanctuary has become the seventh big cat to die from an outbreak of a fatal virus.
Plants & Animals
Aug 26, 2013
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News tagged with big cats
Critically endangered Amur leopards captured on video
Recent video footage from a survey on a group of critically endangered Amur leopards in the Russian Far East has yielded unexpectedly positive results, giving evidence that some wild groups of the big cat are showing clear ...
Ecology
Jul 13, 2011
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Kenya's 'Maasai Olympics' fights dwindling lion numbers
Leaping high into the air and hurling spears instead of javelins, traditional lion hunters in Kenya tested their skills Saturday in a special "Maasai Olympics" organised to save the endangered animals.
Other
Dec 13, 2014
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The snow leopard—world's most mysterious big cat—may be more common than thought
The snow leopard has long been one of the least studied - and therefore poorly understood - of the large cats. No longer.
Ecology
Jul 5, 2016
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India welcomes back cheetahs, 70 years after local extinction
Eight Namibian cheetahs arrived in India Saturday, decades after their local extinction, in an ambitious project to reintroduce the spotted big cats that has divided experts on its prospects.
Ecology
Sep 16, 2022
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Wildlife royalties—a future for conservation?
Should people who profit from the cultural representation of wildlife pay towards conservation?
Ecology
Aug 4, 2017
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Apple brings iPad features to the Mac
Apple released a preview version of its new Macintosh operating system on Thursday, bringing some features of the iPad to the personal computer.
Software
Feb 16, 2012
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14 lions on the loose in South Africa, with nowhere to go
A pride of 14 lions is on the loose near a mining community bordering South Africa's Kruger National Park, officials said Friday, and warned members of the public to be alert.
Plants & Animals
Jun 7, 2019
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Fears for South Africa's lions
Lions may be the well-reputed kings of the savannah, but South Africa's lucrative trophy-hunting industry means the regal cats are more likely to know the inside of a paddock ringed with an electric fence than the country's ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 16, 2013
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Field study shows tigers in India follow corridors between groups to maintain gene flow
(Phys.org) —A team of researchers working in India has found that tigers living in separate geographic areas mate with tigers from other groups by traversing natural corridors. In their paper published in Proceedings of ...
