Establishing a Florida panther breeding population in Osceola County is a goal for state officials and environmentalists, but ...

What do nine Hawaiian snails have in common with the Texas longhorn, the Florida panther and the California grizzly bear?

But the Dems picked the iconic panther and official state animal on purpose. "The Florida panther won’t back down from a fight,” Florida Democratic Party chair Nikki Fried said at the event.

"I do not personally think the panther can withstand these huge threats to its survival," says former federal panther ...

The first Florida panther death of 2025 has been recorded after a vehicle hit and killed a 1-year-old male. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission estimates the endangered panther ...

Amber Crooks from the Conservancy of SWFL discusses Impacts from possible new developments on the Florida panther during Panther Country Tour de Sprawl ...

Two other male panthers died from vehicle strikes Dec. 21 and Dec. 23, rounding out the deadliest year for the state animal since 2016, McClatchy News previously reported. While Florida panthers ...

Fox 4's Austin Schargorodski reports on how Alico Inc.’s citrus exit could impact endangered Florida panthers and their ...

Just two years ago, in 2023, only 13 panthers died, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's database. The main threat the animal is facing is habitat loss. New ...

(U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via AP) Wildlife officials estimate that there are only around 200 or 230 Florida panthers left. That’s up from around 20 animals in the late 1960s. Inbreeding ...

POPULATION TREND: Genetic analysis suggests that the Florida panther population declined dramatically in the middle of the 20th century from a relatively high level in the 1890s. Estimates put past ...