During a routine population check, wildlife officials in Florida have accidentally captured the heaviest Florida panther ever ...

Wildlife officials in Florida captured and collared the adult male feline during a routine population check in late January ...

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

The cat has likely reached its maximum size, Lotz says. It’s estimated Florida has approximately 120-230 adult panthers left in the wild, and the nearly 68,000-acre Babcock Ranc ...

Get in touch with Chloe Mayer by emailing [email protected] The heaviest wild Florida panther ever recorded in the state has been caught by research scientists—who discovered it weighed 166 ...

Florida biologists captured the heaviest panther ever recorded in the state as part of a research program into the endangered animal's movements.

FLORIDA, USA — Biologists with the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) have captured what they say is the ...

Although Florida panthers are the sunshine state's official animal mascot, only 120 to 230 of them remain in the wild, according to the FWC. In this latest catch and release, officials fitted the ...

You can support these projects directly by purchasing a ‘Protect the Panther’ tag. TAMPA, Fla. - The heaviest Florida panther ever recorded was captured by biologists with the Florida Fish and ...

Most live in southwest Florida in the Big Cypress Nat’l Preserve north to Lake Okeechobee. Panthers and bobcats are the only two wild cats found in Florida, and panthers are the larger of the two.

He was the heaviest wild Florida panther ever recorded. Biologists collared the big cat as part of an ongoing research project that uses GPS collars to track panther movements, study their health ...