The panther in question lives in Florida, and her species is endangered. Just 100 to 200 of the animals inhabit a southwestern patch of the state, and the future of their kind depends on roaming ...

The endangered Florida panther has bred only south of the Caloosahatchee River since 1973. Now, a female has turned up on the north side, and it could be a good thing for the future of the species.

No one knows for sure, but traces of a female Florida panther have been found north of the Caloosahatchee River for the first time since 1973, the same year the Endangered Species Act was approved.

Give the panther space. Most Florida panthers will avoid a confrontation. Give them a way to escape. Do not run. Stand and face the animal. Make eye contact. Avoid crouching or bending over.

The female found north of the river in 2016 was identified by using a plaster type cast of paw prints. Scientists said the paw prints were too small to have come from a male panther, and they were ...

A Florida panther footprint is seen at the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge in Collier County on Monday, July 29, 2024. The refuge has historically been one of the hotbeds for the Florida ...

There is an estimated 100 to 160 adult and subadult panthers remaining in south Florida. The female panther, along with her brother, was rescued in September of 2011 after their mother was found dead.

Among all of the Marvel Cinematic Universe heroes, Black Panther feels like one that would be relatively easy to hand off to a female successor. The introduction of the character in Captain ...

Female panthers moving north of the river on their own is a big step toward this goal.” Originally Published: November 16, 2016 at 6:41 p.m.

On a late July morning, cicada buzz swells and falls as Shindle crouches in a drying mud track, pointing at a faint half-moon dent left by a panther pad — likely a female's — that only an eye ...