What if the most beautiful creatures on Earth were also the most mysterious—and nearly invisible? Rare big cats live in the ...

Did you ever lock eyes with a house cat and feel like you were gazing into the untamed heart of the jungle? Some felines wear ...

At first glance, a civet and a mongoose might look like cousins—or at the very least, long-lost relatives at a jungle family reunion. Both are small, sleek mammals with pointy faces, ringed ...

Meanwhile, following confusion after a wild animal strayed into a house in Bibipet late last week, the Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) confirmed it to be a jungle cat, not a leopard. However, pugmarks ...

These adaptations help the big cats survive in cold temperatures. Canada lynx are solitary animals that spend most of their time hunting snowshoe hares, which make up the majority of their diet.

If you have never heard the unearthly noise of Canada lynxes in the forest, check out this extraordinary YouTube clip. It sounds like a pair of domestic cats having a disagreement in a backyard—only ...

They compared the DNA to behavior reports from cat owners and then examined how this gene appears in other cat species. They found that cats with a shorter version of the gene were more likely to purr ...

WTOP’s Matt Kaufax talks with animal keeper Charlie Shaw, who cares for big cats at the National Zoo, about the vital conservation efforts underway to protect endangered tiger species.