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Camera trap images of the jaguar before and after the crossing. Image courtesy of Silveira et al., 2025 (CC BY 4.0).

Jaguar in Brazil swims 2.3 km in longest recorded distance for the species

Shanna Hanbury 1 Oct 2025
Tiger on a rock.

Amid challenges, Nepal plans its latest tiger & rhino counts

Sonam Lama Hyolmo 1 Oct 2025
Bouba Ndjida is one of the only sites in Central Africa where we are seeing the early signs of recovery in the population.

Northern Cameroon’s lions are reproducing, but concerns remain

Leocadia Bongben 30 Sep 2025

The Indigenous tradition sustaining Nepal’s alpine pastures amid climate change

Mukesh Pokhrel 30 Sep 2025

Indonesia aims to redraw UNESCO site boundaries to allow geothermal projects

Hans Nicholas Jong 30 Sep 2025
Lions in South Africa. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler

Counting kings: How annual lion surveys reveal the health of Africa’s protected areas (commentary)

Jon Ayers 29 Sep 2025
A jaguar spotted on the banks of the São Lourenço River. Image by Francesco Schneider-Eicke for Mongabay.

Overcrowding threatens sustainability of jaguar ecotourism in Brazil’s Pantanal

Mongabay.com 15 Sep 2025

In Brazil’s Pantanal, too many tourists may be the jaguar’s new predator

Francesco Schneider-Eicke 8 Sep 2025
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Local forest governance helps jaguars and forests flourish in Guatemala

Monica Pelliccia 25 Aug 2025

Rare Javan leopard sighting renews focus on conservation, monitoring efforts

Basten Gokkon, Falahi Mubarok 22 Aug 2025
A common leopard drinking water in a forest in Sri Lanka. Image by Udayan Dasgupta/Mongabay.

Suspected rise in targeted leopard killings worries conservationists in Sri Lanka

Mongabay.com 22 Aug 2025

Lioness sighting in Central African Republic a ‘hopeful sign’ for northern subspecies

Spoorthy Raman 15 Aug 2025
A lion in Western Cape, South Africa.

Learning to live with lions: Interview with Claw Conservancy’s Andrew Stein

Abhishyant Kidangoor 15 Aug 2025

In India, humans & leopards meet near major cities; preserving habitat is crucial

Shradha Triveni 13 Aug 2025

Conservationists warn of targeted poaching behind Sri Lanka’s leopard killings

Malaka Rodrigo 13 Aug 2025
Jaguars still roam the Chaco, but they require large tracts of contiguous forest to survive and reproduce. As forest is destroyed, fewer of these intact landscapes exist. Photo by Eduardo Merille via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Fences, tech and trust help save jaguars in Panama’s Darién

Marlowe Starling 12 Aug 2025
Banner image: A lion guarding its territory in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. Image by Giles Laurent via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

World lion day: Why is the king of the savanna declining?

Kristine Sabillo 8 Aug 2025
Nalá and her cub spotted on the banks of the Bermejo River in Argentina’s El Impenetrable National Park. Image courtesy of Pablo Luna.

Jaguar cub born in Argentina’s Gran Chaco after three decades

Shanna Hanbury 7 Aug 2025

Czech zoo welcomes 4 rare Barbary lion cubs whose population is extinct in the wild

Associated Press 6 Aug 2025
A captive Sumatran tiger.

International Tiger Day: 3 stories of hope

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Jul 2025

An aging leopard’s suffering sparks ethical debate in Sri Lanka

Mongabay.com 23 Jul 2025

Amur leopards, once nearly extinct, are making a comeback in Far East Asia

Manuel Fonseca 22 Jul 2025
A snow leopard by Ismail Shariff/Snow Leopard Trust via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0).

Study finds two-thirds of India’s snow leopards are in Ladakh region

Mongabay.com 17 Jul 2025
A leopard caught on a camera trap in the Musekese Lumbeya section of Kafue National Park, where Musekese Conservation conducts its research into recovering carnivore populations.

A success story at Zambia’s leopard hotspot: Interview with ecologist Chisomo M’hango

Ryan Truscott 14 Jul 2025
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Jaguar population doubles around Brazil’s Iguaçu Falls 

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Jul 2025
A leopard in Panna National Park, India.

‘Forgotten’ leopards being driven to silent extinction by poaching and trade

Spoorthy Raman 26 Jun 2025
A relaxed leopard family in Kumana. Sightings like this have boosted the popularity of Kumana National Park in eastern Sri Lanka among wildlife tourists seeking leopard encounters. Image courtesy of Shanaka Kalubowila.

Sri Lanka’s Kumana National Park emerges as a leopard hotspot

Mongabay.com 20 Jun 2025
A snow leopard in Nepal

Snow leopards frequently cross Nepal, India, China borders, study finds

Bibek Bhandari 12 Jun 2025
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Jaguar recovery unites Brazil and Argentina in conservation effort

Sarah Brown 11 Jun 2025

Ecological crisis in Brazil’s Pantanal fuels human-jaguar conflict

Júlia Moa 2 Jun 2025
Valmik Thapar. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters

Valmik Thapar, India’s tiger man, died on May 31st, aged 73

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 May 2025
Banner image of a jaguar with a fish, courtesy of Andrea Reyes/Jaguares en la Selva.

How Costa Rica’s ranchers contribute to jaguar and puma conservation

Mongabay.com 28 May 2025

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