Florida's rarest animal has been facing declining numbers for years. With recent environmental changes, it may have just hit the point of no return.

The Florida panther, which is similar to but smaller than the Western cougar or mountain lion, once roamed across a large swath of the southeastern U.S. Hunting and habitat loss have decimated the ...

The Florida panther, which is similar to but smaller than the Western cougar or mountain lion, once roamed across a large swath of the southeastern U.S. Hunting and habitat loss have decimated the ...

Though the Florida panther is the sunshine state's official animal, only about 130 to 230 now exist in the wild, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC).

Florida biologists captured the heaviest panther ever recorded in the state as part of a research program into the endangered animal. The adult male panther weighed 166 pounds, according to the ...

Florida Panthers (animal) Add Topic. Kingston gets final federal permits for large-scale development in panther country. Chad Gillis. Fort Myers News-Press. Hear this story. AI-assisted summary.

The Florida panther species has been listed as endangered since 1973, ... we can change the future of our native endangered animals and act to protect the parks and habitats of endangered species.

Estero-based Camaratta Companies secured 2,700 acres in eastern Lee County June 10 for $93 million for a development known as Kingston.

The proposed rule “would rescind nearly all habitat protections for endangered species nationwide,” Greenwald said. “These protections for the places where endangered plants and animals live ...

Spotting a panther on ranchlands here offers encouragement for a primary strategy to save Florida’s state animal, a rare population of cougar of which just 120 to 230 remain.

FLORIDA PANTHER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Fla. (AP) — In January, an endangered Florida panther known as UCFP479 became the first to die this year in a vehicle collision along a rural ...