The Florida panther, native to southwest Florida and a keystone species in its ecosystem, has been critically endangered since 1973. The species is listed as endangered under the Endangered ...

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 heaviest wild Florida panther ever recorded in the state has been caught by research scientists—who discovered it weighed 166 pounds. The Florida panther is a type of cougar or mountain lion ...

In the video above, Broketail, a female Florida panther, roams with two kittens in the Florida Panther Dispersal Zone in South Florida on Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. (Video courtesy of U.S. Fish and ...