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ERROR: type should be string, got "https://dg2d3wxprq381.cloudfront.net/cms/sites/default/files/PMPAN_081013_1606_3302.jpg?itok=pt3l1sod\nBlogs to Help You #ProtectThePride and Save Africa’s Lions\nPanthera has been studying lions across Africa for years. Currently, we are working in 14 countries to protect vulnerable lion populations while partnering with local NGOs to increase tolerance for lions in rural communities. Brush up on your lion knowledge with this look back at our critical lion conservation efforts and how we are helping to #ProtectThePride.\nDisney’s Lion King Will Help Panthera #ProtectThePride\nAhead of the release of its highly anticipated live-action film, The Lion King, The Walt Disney Company has launched #ProtectThePride, a global campaign to help recover Africa’s embattled lion populations by supporting on-the-ground conservation efforts through the Lion Recovery Fund (LRF) and its partners, including Panthera.\nWild Cats 101: Jaguars vs. Leopards\nThe first installment of our Wild Cats 101 blog series answers a common question: what’s the difference between a jaguar and a leopard? While these spotted big cats may look the same, they are actually quite different. Read more to learn all about the aquatic jaguar and the tree-climbing leopard.\nBack to Basics: Adapting to Life in the Bush\nWhen she was awarded Panthera's Winston Cobb Fellowship to do field work in Africa alongside big cat experts, Gabrielle Gagnon had to learn how to adapt to a new lifestyle. For three months she spent her days in the field and nights in a tent, deep in the wilderness of Zambia's Kafue National Park. Read her story of overcoming her fears and learning to love the bush.\nSmall Cat Spotlight: Flat-headed Cat\nFor our first entry into the brand-new blog series, Small Cat Spotlight, we’re bringing you one of the world’s rarest and most endangered cats: the flat-headed cat. This elusive feline, which earned its name from its flattened forehead, has rarely been observed in the wild and are considered Southeast Asia’s most threatened small felid. In partnership with local NGOs,...\nDuring Kate Vannelli’s visit to Panthera’s Fazenda Jofre Velho research ranch in the Brazilian Pantanal, she captured these stunning photographs. Arranged here as a photo essay, you can see through her eyes the beauty and magic of the Pantanal and the creatures who live there.\nA Once in a Lifetime Snow Leopard Sighting?\nRana Bayrakcismith has dedicated her career to studying snow leopards without actually seeing any in the wild. Read her story of a once in a lifetime opportunity to find, collar, and study one of these elusive \"mountain ghosts\" in person in Kyrgyzstan’s Sarychat Ertash Reserve.\nIn Brazil, we’re studying the jaguars of the Pantanal to improve co-existence between the region’s community and cats. There is one large male jaguar, who we call M.F. Flash, which frequently prowls around our ranch headquarters. Read Part 2 of Flash's story here.\nSage Spending to Save Species\nAs we unite to celebrate the 49th Earth Day today, let us also unite to shift the conservation paradigm from intervention to prevention. If we can make the necessary investments to save species of \"Least Concern\" today, we’ll forego hiring armed guards to save the last of their kind in the future.\nTokoloshe: the (Un)Snared Leopard\nDo you remember Tokoloshe, the leopard caught on camera with a snare embedded in her abdomen? We’re happy to announce that recent camera trap images show her snare-free! Read this miraculous story of a leopard who fought the odds to survive, and thrive, in South Africa and learn more about the threat of snaring.\nCarbon Credits: the Newest Tool for Funding Jaguar Conservation\nThanks to a new partnership, Panthera Colombia has found a way to preserve jaguar habitat and reduce climate impacts. This win-win situation is a result of a new and exciting venture that’s opened up possibilities for funding jaguar conservation: using carbon credits to protect critical forest habitat.\nCould Puma Hunting Be Hurting Mule Deer?\nFor years, harvesting pumas has been used as a way to maintain robust mule deer populations for hunters to target. Now, a new Panthera study suggests that heavy hunting of pumas may actually have the opposite effect.\n10 Panthera Blogs by Female Scientists\nIn honor of International Women’s Day being celebrated today, we’re proud to highlight ten different blogs by ten different female scientists. Each of these esteemed women has worked with Panthera to study and save wild cat species around the globe.\nSearching for Snow Leopards\nAfter a reasonably successful first venture to Ladakh, India in 2017 to look for snow leopards, I returned in March 2018 to spend a month in the mountains hoping to expand up on my modest portfolio of images. This time I was hoping for better luck to catching “mountain ghost” up close.\nHere at the Fazenda Jofre Velho property of Panthera Brasil in the northern Pantanal, we coexist with a high population of jaguars. Thanks to tourism and research, we’ve been able to identify and follow some interesting individual jaguars. There is one large male jaguar, who we call M.F. Flash, which frequently prowls around our ranch headquarters.\nProtecting Tigers on the Water\nIn Thailand, poachers are routinely using boats to smuggle firearms and illegal wildlife parts in and out the forest. Having a waterborne ranger team is vital to catching these poachers. Read more about Panthera's latest work training rangers how to operate on the water to catch poachers.\nModelling the Ghost of the Mountain\nWith a nickname like “The Mountain Ghost”, it’s no wonder snow leopards can be difficult to track. Thanks to new research on the potential for snow leopard habitat in Ladakh, India, we can help these communities better co-exist with these elusive big cats.\nThe Joy of a First Lion Sighting\nCosta Sililo and Lucious Kakuwe have helped build over 100 bomas, or structures to keep lions and other carnivores from preying on livestock. Ironically, in their five years dedicated to reducing human-lion conflict, neither of the men has seen a lion alive in the wild. That was about to change.\nThe Long Road to Luengue–Luiana\nLuengue–Luinana National Park sits in southern Angola and is ready to showcase itself to those who find they have a chunk of Africa already embedded in their hearts.\nCorrals: From Conception to Construction\nPanthera and the Snow Leopard Conservancy – India Trust (SLC-IT), a local grass-roots NGO and affiliate organization of Panthera, has had remarkable success in changing human attitudes and stemming retribution against snow leopards through a mix of conservation education, improving economic livelihoods, and reducing losses of livestock by building predator-proof corrals.\nJaguars Without Borders\nIn our efforts to connect critical jaguar habitat, Panthera has facilitated a team-up between Honduras and Guatemala; the first binational project within the jaguar corridor.\nA Promise of Hope for a Tripod Lioness\nIn Kafue National Park, I made a promise to a three-legged lioness that I would work to remove dangerous snares like the one she fell victim to, from the landscape. We formed a coalition to tackle snares and other poaching threats to these predators.\nNepal’s Communities Can Coexist with Fishing Cats\nIn Bodhban, Nepal, villagers and wild fishing cats both rely on the area’s fish-farming industry, and the occasional domestic chicken, to survive. It’s a situation primed for conflict, but researchers are testing practical incentives and education programs to promote better relations with the rare cats.\nFab Four: Beetles, Big Cats, Bears and Biodiversity\nWe highlight the ecosystem engineering role of pumas for beetle communities. Here, we emphasized that pumas provide crucial carcass \"habitat\" for beetle species during important life history events.\nIntroducing the Olympic Cougar Project\nPanthera is proud to introduce the Olympic Cougar Project to protect puma populations in the Pacific Northwest!\nHope for Habu\nIn Botswana, 16 brave men and women have been named Habu Community Scouts. They will protect wildlife from poaching while promoting ecotourism.\nSand Cat Kittens: A Second Glimpse\nRemember the sand cats who broke the internet last year? Well, they're back, with never-before-seen footage and details from the intrepid researchers who discovered them!\nUn deuxième aperçu des chatons des sables\nAprès avoir observé les chatons la première fois et avant de les quitter, nous avions installé plusieurs pièges photographiques autour du bosquet de végétation dans lequel ils se cachaient. De retour sur le site quelques heures plus tard pour récupérer notre matériel, nous avons été ravis de découvrir ces séquences supplémentaires que nous partageons avec vous aujourd’hui.\nPanthera's Small Cats Program\nThere are 40 recognized species of wild cats in the world, and while most people could name the 7 big cats, only few could name the 33 smaller ones. With the official launch of Panthera’s new Small Cats Program, we will seek to expand our understanding of these increasingly threatened species and how to protect them. Let's get started!\nWhat's that Smell?\nTo study elusive species like wild cats, we’re ready and willing to use all available sources of information in our quest to understand these animals – even poo. But finding feline feces can be as tricky as spotting the cats themselves. That's when we call Tigre, the Scat Detection Dog!\nFish Genes, Captive Bears, and Wild Snow Leopards: A Pakistani Journey to Conservation\nSafia's snow leopard research journey began in a very unlikely place: studying fish genes. Her passion for science and snow leopard conservation moved her research focus out from underwater and up into the mountains. She's pioneering DNA sequencing techniques to reveal secrets of the big cats' genetics.\nLand of Tigers and Rhinos\nTiger Program staff say anti-poaching work in Manas National Park isn't solely feline focused, but includes the occasional pachyderm too. Follow Eric out on \"rhino control patrol\" and learn why protections for tigers and rhinos complement each other.\nPredators Among Us: Protecting the Homes of Colombia’s Cats\nTo understand how jaguars and other cats use agricultural landscapes, such as cattle ranches and oil palm plantations, we withstood scorching temperatures, high humidity, and relentless mosquitoes to set up cameras and investigate.\nTriumph for Tigers\nTiger numbers are on the rise in Nepal. The Nepalese government has released results from its most recent national tiger population estimation survey that show the species is bouncing back in the country.\nThe Most Incredible Camera Trap Leopard Photo Ever?\nDr. Guy Balme proclaimed this photo “the best leopard picture we’ve ever captured!” Our partner illustrates why this shot is so one-in-a-million and explains the background of this young leopard, who looks to be having a great day on the hunt.\nHome with Snow Leopards\nA researcher immerses herself in Himalayan villages, under the looming specter of neighboring snow leopards, to discover the truth. Snow leopard ecotourism is changing attitudes among the Ladakhi locals in northern India, who share the landscape with the powerful predators at the risk of losing their livestock.\nLions Have Manes; Leopards Have…Dewlaps?\nWhat's the deal with dewlaps? The loose flaps of skin hanging underneath male leopards' necks help distinguish them from their female counterparts, but science still isn't quite decided on their true function. Here's what we know and what we hypothesize.\nField Hacks: Repurposing Everyday Items\nWe surveyed Panthera team members to find out some of their tried-and-true gear hacks, asking them to share the inventive ways they've repurposed everyday items in the field. From poop-scooping utensils to cattle-corralling soda bottles, their responses didn't disappoint!\nKeep Puma Kittens Safe\nScores of puma kittens are orphaned annually, the leftovers of mothers killed outside the den—hunters not knowing they had dependent young. Newly published research from our Puma Program says delaying hunting seasons in the western USA until December 1 could save many young lives.\nA Thrilling Sight for World Lion Day\nOn the eve of World Lion Day, I just returned from a 48-hour safari adventure during which I observed an even more promising sign for Sintika’s future survival and success: a budding friendship.\nA Young Lion Helps Us Protect His Species\nIn April, Sintika, a lion we monitor, decided it was time to cast a wider net in his search for a territory. His satellite radio collar allowed us to follow his every move as he searched farther and farther from home, presenting us a prime opportunity to study the habitats through which lions disperse.\nA Cat Clouded in Mystery\nThe first-ever International Clouded Leopard Day is August 4, 2018, created to raise global awareness for the enigmatic species. This is sorely needed: Much of the information about the clouded leopard’s conservation status and needs—as well as the threats they face—remains shrouded in mystery.\nConsider this your Clouded Leopard 101 class.\nHow Red Foxes Benefit from Pumas\nWe found that puma kills were especially important to foxes during the winter months. In winter, foxes scavenged more kills, fed for longer, and more individuals fed on a given carcass at one time. What was even more interesting was that foxes were more likely to scavenge while the puma that had made the kill was still in the area. They were willing to risk it all for this valuable food source...\nSearching for the Mountain Ghost\nOn our way back to the village, we bumped into a couple of locals who had seen a snow leopard just the previous day and even had photos on their phones! Slightly disappointed that we’d missed a sighting, but with a full week of fieldwork ahead of us, we began surveying a new village hoping for better results.\nKids Show Their Stripes for Tigers\n9- and 11-year-old New York City boys raised hundreds of dollars for tiger conservation--because \"tigers deserve better.\"\nThis Tigress Needs a Dating App\nBorn in a wildlife sanctuary in Southeast Asia in late 2011, 197F was safe from many of the threats often faced by tigers in the wild until she and her brother, 205M, came of age and set out to claim their own territories. 197F traveled farther than her brother, settling in another protected area where no other tiger is in sight. We hope our work enables potential mates to reach her.\nPuma Conservation Begins with Puppets\nThe story of a schoolteacher's wildlife conservation project and all the puma-saving projects that sprang from it.\nCheetah Game of Thrones\nThe Pilanesberg sisters’ genetics are valuable to the project, but their family history sounds as if it should be straight out of Game of Thrones. Their three older brothers from a preceding litter formed a coalition after they gained independence from their mother. These three now-mature males were a force to be reckoned with. In order to have the highest reproductive success and best access...\nJaguars: Gods, Vermin, or Conservation Icons?\nThrough the ages, jaguars have been characters of cult, constantly represented in creation myths, and even demigods in the cosmogony of many Latin American lowland indigenous groups. Learn why--and how they're viewed today.\nTwo Days with a Snow Leopard\nWhen I finally reached the summit, I could not find the strength to lift my camera. But there she was, the queen of the mountain in all her beauty. I silently thanked her for honoring me with her presence. I gathered the strength to lift my camera and capture her soul.\nA Perfect Storm: How Multi-Jurisdictional Management Affects Pumas\nOur newest research, just published in the scientific journal Ecology and Evolution, reveals what happened to pumas that crossed jurisdictional boundaries and felt the effects of multiple management strategies simultaneously. We found that a perfect storm of three overlapping management actions dating back to the mid-1990s have contributed, sometimes unintentionally, to the 48-percent...\nA Leopard Fights for Her Life\nResearchers have watched Tokoloshe the leopard grow up in South Africa’s Soutpansberg Mountains. But recently, we discovered she was carrying a snare around her abdomen--not an uncommon sight for her species in the region.\nNebraska's Pumas Need You\nFewer than 60 pumas make up Nebraska’s largest population of pumas, based in the Pine Ridge region. Despite this number, the state’s Game and Parks Commission has proposed a hunting quota that would allow the killing of 20 percent of the population’s adults and subadults—or up to eight cats, including four females. You can help block this decision.\nHelping Cat Conservationists Find Their Way\nWhile Niokolo-Koba could potentially harbor up to 200 lions, given its size and ecological characteristics, very few lions survive in the park today. This spring, Panthera presented a new set of maps created in Montana for Niokolo-Koba National Park in Senegal to Commandant Amar Fall, the park’s head conservator. The maps have given the park's rangers an advantage over poachers, allowing them...\nA Jaguar Named Hope: Encountering Esperanza\nI waited patiently as it got dark, camera in hand, the anticipation building with each passing moment. I briefly switched on my headlamp, shined my light in front of me where I suspected the cat would appear, fired a couple of test shots, then turned off the light and froze again. Finally, I saw a shadow moving slowly across the forest floor about 10 meters away from my tree. The creature...\nSnow Leopards' Newest Allies: Tajik Women\nLocals are the ones who must benefit from the use of natural resources. These women are making history in the Pamir Mountains. The more men and women who are involved from communities, the higher the awareness and motivation to conserve snow leopards and other wildlife.\nA Leopard Navigates Motherhood\nIn addition to being a playmate, a mother leopard has to constantly be on the lookout, both for potential prey and for potential threats. It is truly a full time job, making sure her offpsring survive to adulthood and are equipped with the skills to be a successful leopard.\nOut of the Shadows, a Mighty Hunter\nLions? I can’t tell you how many times I have seen them, what they were doing, or where it was. But I remember each leopard sighting in detail.\nSnow Leopards, Wolves, and the Ecology of Fear on the Roof of the World\nAlthough snow leopards spark the imagination as solitary sentinels of lofty, lonely mountains, the reality is that snow leopards—like all species—exist only within a rich tapestry of connections and relationships with their environment and the other species that inhabit it.\nThe Importance of Field Work in Saving Cats\nField work matters for studying and protecting big cats--and we have the science to prove it.\nTracking Cheetahs to Save Them\nA conservation photographer follows a team of Panthera scientists as they trail a cheetah family to collar a female, who will help us monitor and protect the species.\nA Cheetah Expert Tells All\nA Panthera scientist reflects on the most fascinating characteristics of cheetahs: \"They are truly charismatic, sleek, agile, and—of course—fast! But there is even more to admire. Cheetah mums use cunning and sheer, bold bravery to challenge much larger predators to defend their cubs...\"\nA Virus That Strikes Domestic Dogs--and Wild Cats\nThis is the first case of CDV detected in a wild leopard, but it was detected in tigers in the area first in 2003. So the Amur leopard case rang familiar for me, as I had dealt with a few tigers infected with the disease when I led the Siberian Tiger Project for the Wildlife Conservation Society in Russia from 1995-2010.\nGiant Otters in the Water? Jaguars Think Twice.\nThe otter, realizing the two jaguar sisters were scared, was emboldened to protect one of his favorite tree trunks in this fish-productive water-stream. His group had their den nearby and used this trunk daily as a basking place and a nice feeding station.\nProtecting Jaguars Means Protecting Forests\nThe largest contributor to jaguar habitat loss is deforestation, and our recent research showed just how much forest has been lost and where. Alarmingly, the corridors used by jaguars to connect populations are most affected.\nThe Tiger Behind a Winning Story\nEarlier this month, Panthera ran a story competition for World Wildlife Day. My submission was chosen as a runner-up; the judges said it painted a picture in their minds of safari guests fawning over a tiger. It was inspired by an actual picture I took on a trip to India, where my group spotted a young tiger sauntering across the road, not a care in the world, with more than 30 jeeps of people...\nHow Often Can Big Cats Be Black?\nTwo of Panthera's top geneticists tackle a question from one of our big cat advocates about the frequency of black leopards and black jaguars in the wild.\nHow a Safari Company Helps Protect Leopards\nLeopards’ legendary adaptability has fostered a belief that they are widespread both inside and outside of protected areas. As a result, the species has received little conservation attention—but loss of habitat and prey, coupled with high levels of illegal demand for skins, threaten the species’ existence. A safari company helps Panthera come up with comprehensive population data.\nSaving Snow Leopards and Benefitting Locals in Ladakh, India\nThe homestay program has been instrumental in changing people's attitudes toward the snow leopard. People who killed snow leopards 15 years ago in retaliation for preying on their livestock are now attracting the cats close to their villages. Today, they consider the snow leopard a tourism asset, an animal worth more alive than dead.\n\"Vanishing Without Moving\": A Snow Leopard Encounter\nWe were finally in position, and now all we had to do was spot F3. It sounded easy enough: finding a black-and-white cat in a snowless field of rocks and shrubs. It wasn’t.\n\"It Was Just the Lion and Me.\"\nA Panthera partner photographer describes capturing a striking closeup of a lion's face in Zambia. \"I was sharing an extremely intimate moment with a 400-pound predator. My heart was racing...\"\nWhat Are Black Panthers, Anyway?\nLearn about what the word \"panther\" means, why some big cats are black, and why naming a Marvel superhero after them was a really good idea.\nMy Journey to Find Snow Leopards and Other Elusive Species\nOne of the rarest mammalian species in the world, the snow leopard, gave a researcher an idea that could potentially revolutionize the way we monitor endangered species: creating a genetic field kit to identify species, populations, and individuals from the genetic clues they leave behind.\nThe Last Leopards in Indochina: Unique Predators on the Brink of Extinction\nA new study showed there is only one Indochinese leopard in eastern Cambodia per 100 square kilometers—one of the lowest densities ever reported in Asia. Alarmingly, the density declined 70% over five years, indicating extinction could be around the corner.\nEastern Pumas: The Real Story\nWe’ve received a lot of worried messages and comments on social media about the recent U.S. Fish and Wildlife declaration that the “eastern puma” (or Puma concolor couguar) is extinct, and was therefore being removed from national endangered species protections. I think the wording of the federal ruling unintentionally—but unfortunately—influenced how the media covered the change in...\nUnderstanding the Beef Between Jaguars and Cows\nThroughout the Americas, the conservation of large carnivores like jaguars and pumas is strongly impeded by their attacks on and consumption of domestic animals and livestock. When livestock is predated, cattlemen and farmers retaliate by trying to kill or poison the culprit feline—and, in many instances, killing all the carnivores in the area...\nHow BBC Brought a Deadly (but Adorable) Cat to Millions of Screens\nFootage of a black-footed cat named Gyra adeptly hunting a lark has been seen by more than 40 million people in just a couple of weeks. The scenes—from BBC’s new critically-acclaimed wildlife series Big Cats—show that Africa’s tiniest cat also has a kill rate of 60%, making it the deadliest on Earth. Dr. Alex Sliwa, one of the researchers who made the video possible, offers some more insights...\nCaught in the Middle: The Subordinate Puma—and What It Means for Hunters\nSome animals dominate over others, meaning they consistently win when competing for food, space, or other resources...In a new paper just published in PeerJ, we found that pumas are often losers—and subordinate to at least one other apex carnivore in 47.5% of their 22,735,268 square kilometer range across North and South America.\n2017's Top Blog Posts\nThe top ten most popular blog posts of 2017 covered a wide array of wild cat topics and species. Did your favorite make the list?\nKeeping My Promise to the \"Tripod Lioness\"\nToday, I have even more reason to keep my promise. Recent camera trap images revealed that not only did this “tripod lioness” survive against tremendous odds—the snare had taken her rear left foot, leaving her with a noticeable limp and uncertain long-term support from her pride—but she has had a cub!\nWhy Panthera's School Is Working in the Pantanal\nThe northern Pantanal is home to one of the world’s highest densities of jaguars. If we want to keep jaguar populations healthy in this unique wetland, we need to invest in the local communities that live with the cats every day....With the free schooling offered to those who agree to coexist with jaguars, locals see benefits for keeping the cat around.\nDo Pumas Compete with Human Hunters?\nIn our latest scientific paper, published in the scientific journal Wildlife Research, my colleagues—Jennifer Feltner, of Panthera’s Puma Program and the University of Montana, and Dr. Howard Quigley of Panthera—and I pulled together data from two study areas in the Rocky Mountains, USA. We were interested in how many bucks and bulls pumas killed—but more importantly, whether pumas sought them...\nCitizen Science--Now on Mobile!\nWe know it can be frustrating for citizen scientists to see images that do not contain animals. The app allows users to help filter out the empties, speeding up species classification in our web browser platform and giving users the opportunity to home in on their favorite species.\nA Cheetah's Incessant Search for His Coalition Partner\nWhen I finally caught up with the radio-collared cheetah, I found him alone and searching, calling incessantly for his partner, whom I realized was likely killed while hunting along the national tar road that bisects Bwabwata National Park.\nNeighborhood Watch: The Role of Male Pumas in Structuring Social Behaviors\nPumas sharing a neighborhood hunt the same herds, wander the same paths, allow their kittens to play on the same log fortresses, and socialize and share food with their neighbors far more than they do with pumas in adjacent neighborhoods. We don’t completely understand what happens to puma social organization when a territorial male is absent.\nPanthera’s New CEO: Conservation Requires a Heart\n\"When this opportunity presented itself, I was really excited about it, and it was a no-brainer. It’s like coming back to my roots of species conservation, being able to use all my professional experience in the context I most care about.\"\nLike Your Cat, Pumas Sleep in Weird Places\nThe next time you see your housecat sleeping in an empty box on the top shelf of your closet, maybe you can imagine a puma doing something similar: silent and hidden, napping under the boughs of a tree or the crags of a cliff, perched high above the world.\nIn Brazil’s Pantanal, the world’s largest jaguars have plenty of natural prey, which they typically strike with a deadly bite to the back of the skull. But this jaguar had its sights set on an easier meal—a dead caiman, already partly eaten by piranhas. Panthera CEO Dr. Alan Rabinowitz describes witnessing this surprising event.\nKyrgyzstan Provides a Model for Protecting Snow Leopards\nKyrgyzstan is a country that walks the talk. Under the leadership of President Almazbek Atambaev, it spearheaded a historic process for the conservation of snow leopards including the convening of two internationally acclaimed forums in 2013 and in 2017. These forums brought together all 12 range states and resulted in agreement among the participants to commit to a series of efforts that will...\nA Snow Leopard's Second Chance at Life\nOne night earlier this month, Muhammad Gafarov was awakened by the screams of 15 dying sheep and goats in his livestock corral in Budun, a remote village in Tajikistan’s Yazgulom Valley on the Afghanistan border. The farmer and his wife investigated the commotion in the darkness, grabbed a shovel, and slammed it on the head of the offending animal: a snow leopard. With the help of some...\nAn \"Inquisition\" of Adorable Cheetahs\nAs the cheetahs circled the vehicle, they took turns jumping up and placing their long, slender paws on the fender, giving us a good looking over, before coming back to the driver’s side to inspect my lower limbs once more.\nPumas: I'll Share My Meal If You Share Yours\nPumas—stealthy solo predators all muscle and grace—are known for going it alone, venerated by admirers of pioneers, adventurers, and entrepreneurs. But are these big cats as solitary as we once thought?\nAre There Really More Tigers?\nWhile some local populations are increasing—thanks to outstanding conservation efforts by India, Nepal, and Bhutan—our study argues that it is not possible to make reliable inferences about global trends in tiger populations. And tigers are not doing well in many other parts of their range, especially Southeast Asia.\nEmpowering Children Through Snow Leopard Conservation in Tajikistan\nAruke was my walking partner to and fro the small school in Alichur, where I was teaching at a weeklong nature camp for local children with the help of my mother, Tanya Rosen, and her team of biologists who specialize in ensuring the safety of snow leopards in the Central Asian region. What was supposed to be a group of 10 kids turned into 45, ranging from 4 to 15 years old.\nSearching for the Last Asiatic Cheetah on a Golden Horse\nAs I later watch Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow gently stroke his beautiful golden steed and whisper soft somethings in his ear, I wonder whether the shared love of the Akhal-Teke horse, together with that of Turkmenistan’s environment and heritage, can become an opportunity to convince the president to take a key role in the conservation of the country’s golden...\nRenewed Urgency to Preserve Jaguar Corridor in Mesoamerica\nAs lead author of a Panthera study published last week in the Journal of Applied Ecology, I can confirm that jaguars are using habitat along a 2000-kilometer stretch of habitat from Belize to Panama, indicating that habitat connectivity within Central America is still intact. While this is certainly an encouraging finding, there are areas of conservation concern that could spell trouble for...\nMcDonald’s Rival in the Animal Kingdom? Pumas.\nWe just published our latest research in the international science journal Biological Conservation, and it highlights the incredible diversity of wildlife that feed upon puma kills. In fact, the number of animal species that we recorded feeding at puma kills in Wyoming was higher than any other scavenger study to date from around the world. This means pumas are especially important to...\nSand Cat Kittens Spotted in the Wild for First Time\nThen, it happened. Three pairs of eyes gleamed back at Alexander through the darkness about 4 kilometers from our campsite.\nSlow Conservation and Slow Journalism Converge in the Pamirs of Central Asia\nJournalist Paul Salopek chooses to slow down to grasp the complexities of the world and its people. Panthera slows down because that’s the nature of conservation if done right: It takes time to develop trust and build relationships.\nGrégory Breton, MSc\nAn Incredible First for Lions and Leopards\nSusie Weller Sheppard, MA\nHow to Age a Lion\nJennie Miller, Ph.D.\nWhat to Do If You Meet a Jaguar\nStephanny Arroyo Arce\nWhat Happened to Angola’s 1,000 Lions?\nPaul Funston, Ph.D.\nJamie Zaccaria\nGabrielle Gagnon\nWai-Ming Wong, Ph.D.\nSnow Leopard Program\nTeton Cougar Project\nPanthera Supporters\nJaguarundi"