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Collage of a cloned jaguar

Lab-made jaguar: Is cloning a solution to extinction?

Julia Lima, Gustavo Fonseca, Letícia Klein 30 Mar 2026
Research shows that a koala’s gut microbiome directly influences its diet limitations, determining the species of eucalyptus it can eat. Translocations and reintroductions should take this relationship into account, says Michaela Blyton. Image by Mathias Appel via Flickr (CC0 1.0).

Poop pills and gut microbes: Wildlife microbiome studies aid conservation

Sean Mowbray 26 Mar 2026
A woman with her goats in the buffer area. Image by Tulsi Rauniyar for Mongabay.

Nepal’s rural women at increasing risk of human-wildlife conflict

Tulsi Rauniyar 18 Mar 2026
Tiger

By protecting tigers ‘we save so much more,’ says Debbie Banks

Mike DiGirolamo 17 Mar 2026
Lions. Image courtesy of Kasaine Sankan-Mara Predator Conservation Program.

Study finds livestock pushing lions away from shared rangeland in Kenya

Charles Mpaka 12 Mar 2026
Sea turtles, another migratory species, need safe ocean passageways to move between feeding grounds and nesting beaches.

Outlook for migratory species worsens amid habitat loss & avian flu, report finds

Gloria Dickie 12 Mar 2026
A pack of lions in Botswana.

DNA fingerprinting convicts Zimbabwe lion poachers in landmark case

Spoorthy Raman 5 Mar 2026

Mummified cheetahs found in Saudi caves could shape rewilding plans

Liz Kimbrough 26 Feb 2026
A captive sand cat in Nushi, Pakistan. Illegal trade is occurring amid a paucity of information about population sizes of small cat populations, says Sheikh. “It's going under the radar to a big extent, and hardly anything is being done to actively stop it or to mitigate this threat.”

Big cats get the press, but small wildcats are being poached and trafficked in silence

Sean Mowbray 25 Feb 2026
A lion in Africa.

Botswana shows how smarter cattle herding can save lions, reopen ancient wildlife pathways

Gloria Dickie 24 Feb 2026

Researchers eye jaguar conservation wins under Brazil Indigenous stewardship project

James Hall, Karla Mendes 18 Feb 2026
Shepherd Ida Auris Arango at her home in the Peruvian Andes, near puma habitat.

In Peru’s Andes, Quechua women turn human-wildcat conflict into coexistence

Mongabay.com 11 Feb 2026
Black-footed cats (Felis nigripes) in southern Namibia. Image courtesy of Alex Sliwa

Rodent burrows offer unusual sanctuary to Africa’s smallest wildcat

María de los Ángeles Orfila 9 Feb 2026

Five detained over alleged hunting in Javan leopard habitat

Basten Gokkon 29 Jan 2026
Lion. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler

Poaching African lions for black market could pose existential threat

Bobby Bascomb 27 Jan 2026
Screenshot of Amur tigress and her five cubs, courtesy of Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park.

Camera traps in China capture first-ever footage of Amur tigress with five cubs

Spoorthy Raman 2 Jan 2026

Year-end ‘good news’ as flat-headed cats reappear in Thailand after 29-year absence

Sean Mowbray 26 Dec 2025
A fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus).

Fishing cats need hotspot-based conservation in Bangladesh, research shows

Sadiqur Rahman 19 Dec 2025
Previously undetected in other protected areas, a tigress known as SWT001F was the first individual tiger captured on camera in Thailand's Sisawat Non-Hunting Area in 2024. Panthera, Thailand's DNP and other partners are working to monitor and protect Indochinese tigers and their prey in this region where camera traps have shown tigers are using Sisawat forest as a corridor. Currently plans exist to propose the adjoining forest area to the east as an extension of Sisawat.

Hope for tigers grows as Thailand safeguards a key link in their habitat

Gloria Dickie 16 Dec 2025
The African golden cat (Caracal aurata) is a medium-sized felid (though it’s classified as one of the world’s 33 small cat species). In Echuya Forest, it’s the largest predator remaining due to the extirpation of leopards from that forest.

Small cat conservationists hail Uganda’s new Echuya Forest National Park

Sean Mowbray 11 Dec 2025

To save jaguars from extinction, scientists in Brazil are trying IVF and cloning

Letícia Klein 5 Dec 2025
Image of cheetahs, by zgmorris13 via Pixabay (CC0).

International Cheetah Day: Survival still at stake for the world’s fastest cat

Mongabay.com 3 Dec 2025
Jaguars in Mexico. Image courtesy of Andrea Reyes/Jaguars in the Wild Foundation.

International Jaguar Day: A year of wins for the big cat

Mongabay.com 2 Dec 2025
A female tiger. Tigers were among the first few species added to CITES Appendix I in 1975 to halt the illegal trade of tigers and their parts.

Global tiger trafficking crisis worsens with nine big cats seized monthly

Associated Press 25 Nov 2025
Asian golden cat caught on camera in Nepal.

Asian golden cat range expands, but declines continue amid rising threats

Sean Mowbray 7 Nov 2025
Samburu women part of the Mama Simba programme. Image by Anthony Ochieng/Ewaso Lions.

Women can help rebuild our relationship with lions: Voices from the land (commentary)

Mama Simba, Victoria Wanjohi 6 Nov 2025

In search of a real wild date (cartoon)

Rohan Chakravarty 29 Oct 2025
The Andean cat (Leopardus jacobita), an endangered species and one of the rarest felines in the Americas, in the central Andes of Chile. Image courtesy of Rodrigo Villalobos.

Researchers fear Chile copper project may threaten rare Andean cat population

Aimee Gabay 23 Oct 2025
A snow leopard by Ismail Shariff/Snow Leopard Trust via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0).

International Snow Leopard Day: Conservation and coexistence in India and Nepal

Shreya Dasgupta 23 Oct 2025
Members of the Nazareth Baptist (Shembe) Church in South Africa wearing both wildlife skins and synthetic Heritage Furs provided in partnership with Panthera. Image courtesy of Gareth Whittington-Jones/Panthera.

Study reveals overlooked cultural threat to wildcats across Africa

Charles Mpaka 22 Oct 2025
A young female leopard photographed at night in Niokolo Koba National Park, Senegal. Panthera/Senegal DPN

West Africa’s leopards now officially endangered after 50% population crash

Elodie Toto 17 Oct 2025

IUCN downgrades guiña threat status, prompting conservation warning

Sean Mowbray 10 Oct 2025

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