An international team led by South Korea's Personal Genomics Institute and BGI unraveled the first whole genome of a 9-year-old male Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica), and compared it with the ...

The lion and the Sunda clouded leopard are the big cat species most at risk. — -- The lion and the Sunda clouded leopard are facing the same threats that led to the extinction of several big cats ...

Have you ever wondered what makes a big cat a big cat? How about which one of these fierce felines is the biggest of them all ...

State wildlife officers will escort a transport carrying former Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus animals from Poinsett County to Memphis International Airport today after deputies found lions ...

African lions are under the same threats extinct sabre-toothed tigers faced. The seven big cats that went extinct towards the end of the last Ice Age, including several sabre-toothed cats, are those ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. If ...