This requires the latest version of Flash Player. Click here to download.
Big Cats Features
-
Lion Numbers Plunge
The king of the African savannah is in serious trouble because of massive conversion of the continent’s remaining wilderness to human land-use, according to a detailed study.
-
Finding the Last Cheetahs of Iran
Intensely shy and hovering on the edge of extinction, Iranian cheetahs are essentially impossible to see.
-
Some Snow Leopards Wild No More?
Thinking of snow leopards as domesticated—and thus dependent on people for food—may help save the dwindling species, one conservationist claims.
Help Big Cats
Advertisement
Animal News
-
Steady Hands and Fins
Photographer David Doubilet photographs stingrays, sharks, and more.
-
Survival Guide: Dodging Locusts
Swarm behaviorist Iain Couzin has a toxic reaction to a locust at the same time his team runs out of food.
From the Magazine
-
Gannets Pictures
Champion divers but clumsy landers, doting parents but hostile neighbors—northern gannets abound in contradictions.
-
Estonia's Ural Owls
Photographer Sven Začek provides an intimate view of this large raptor.
