There is only one species of jaguar, though scientists originally classified them into 9 subspecies. There are four specific ...

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Nat Geo WILD's "Big Cat Week" debuts Sunday with the goal of raising awareness about endangered animals and spurring viewers to take action. Cheetahs do not roar, as the other big cats do. Instead, ...

Long before there was Netflix’s “Tiger King,” and now HBO’s “Chimp Crazy,” people all over the world owned undomesticated wild animals as pets, dating back to the ancient Egyptians, likely as a symbol ...

Ligers, the hybrid offspring of lions and tigers, may sound like mythological chimeras but they are, in fact, real. Lion father + tiger mother = liger. Tiger father + lion mother = tigon. Leopard ...

“Although some scenes appear to show animals being injured, they were never actually hurt,” reads a disclaimer in the opening minute of the 1981 film Roar. The same cannot be said for humans. Some 70 ...

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Though appearing similar with their golden coats and rosette spots, jaguars and leopards are distinct big cats. Jaguars inhabit Central and South American rainforests, while leopards are found across ...