New ecological research shows that big cats like cougars, leopards, and jaguars shape entire forest ecosystems simply by existing. Their presence influences prey behavior, plant growth, and even other ...

This wild feline weighs just 3.5 pounds but is a fierce and stealthy predator found deep in India and Sri Lanka’s forests.

A ‘pet’ lion attacked a woman and her three children in Pakistan recently. Big cats, such as lions, have become a craze in ...

Nearby, a red-rumped agouti — a South American rodent that looks like a large, long-legged guinea pig — scuttled behind a tree trunk. A few feet away, an Arabian sand cat put its paw inside a log to ...

How to Survive shares a ranking of wild cats most likely to hunt humans and survival tactics for each predator. They describe ...

While more traditional defense methods like camouflage, venom and spines appear ineffective against large sharks and mammals, ...

While getting spectacular video of a massive great white shark, cage divers get pooped on by the ocean's most fearsome ...

Spanish police said Monday that they had arrested two people suspected of selling online exotic cats including protected species such as white tigers and pumas, and had confiscated 19 felines in ...

The baneberry has red and white varietals, both considered poisonous. Red baneberries are more common in Washington state. Eating just six of the red berries can cause cardiac arrest and respiratory ...

Cats can see color—but not the same way humans do. Here’s the truth about how feline vision works and how it differs from ours.

Researchers identified an unusual genetic mutation in orange domestic cats that has not been found in any other animal, according to a new study.

Spanish police said Monday that they had arrested two people suspected of selling online exotic cats including protected species such as white tigers and pumas, and had confiscated 19 felines in ...