From giant sea monsters to recently vanished species, these incredible creatures once roamed our planet! Join us as we count ...

Research led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst is giving conservationists a precise picture of which habitats to ...

The sense of smell is vital for animals, as it helps them find food, protect themselves from predators and interact socially. An international research team led by Dr. Quentin Martinez and Dr. Eli ...

Two of the world’s rarest lions have arrived at a UK zoo as part of a breeding program to help save the highly endangered big ...

The Big Cat Sanctuary in Kent is home to 40 felines across 36 acres, who have been rescued from all over the world.

We made three attempts to capture a jaguar after arriving at Fazenda Bodoquena in Miranda, Mato Grosso do Sul state, on a ...

American zoologist Laurie Marker has been collecting and storing specimens in a cheetah sperm bank in Namibia for 35 years, ...

Scientists removed 131 cats from a remote island—and what happened next stunned geneticists. A near-extinct bird made an impossible comeback, revealing a hidden evolutionary twist that could upend ...

To reduce their impacts on native species, feral cats have been added to New Zealand's list of animals targeted for ...

A Europe-focused study published in the journal Science examined 87 ancient and modern cat genomes and found that the domestic cat, which has the scientific name Felis catus, originated in North ...

As the last ice age drew to a close about 11,500 years ago, ice sheets retreated across North America. This drove some species into extinction, as did hunting from humans living in the Americas at the ...

HENNEPIN, Ill. -- Lions, tigers and other big cats could soon be extinct in this small central Illinois county in the wake of this week's mauling death of a rural Hennepin animal keeper.