Most of us spend precious little time in nature. We’ll dip our toes in when we visit a waterfall or go for a hike, but for the most part we live our lives in the human world thinking very little about ...

Camera traps on Cozumel, Mexico recently found ocelots, an unwelcome invasive predator on the island but endangered across ...

McALLEN It’s been more than 50 years since the South Texas ocelot — a medium-sized spotted wildcat known for parallel stripes running down its neck — was put on the federal endangered species list. By ...

The ghost cat pads through the brush on silent, velvety paws. Creeping nimbly under low-lying branches, it uses highly evolved night vision to zero in on prey. A sudden flash of golden brown eyes is ...

Kinley Ragan was hiking through the Atascosa Highlands in 105-degree heat last month, hoping to glimpse the wildlife captured on her trail cameras. As a field research project manager for the Phoenix ...

On a private ranch in South Texas, researchers have confirmed an endangered ocelot pregnancy by ultrasound—a rare opportunity to document reproduction in one of the last remaining U.S. populations.

A new study reveals that four wild cat species living in the same rainforest habitat in Guatemala reduce competition for food by hunting in different vertical zones, some in trees and others on the ...

Screenwriters in search of the next Timon and Pumbaa may want to look to the Amazon, where unlikely ocelot-opossum duos have been filmed hanging out together. Researchers at Cocha Cashu Biological ...

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The ocelot found in South Texas is classified as endangered. Credit: Photo courtesy Texas Parks and Wildlife Department 2022, ©Chase Fountain McALLEN — It’s been more than 50 years since the South ...