Florida panther

Beautiful Florida Panther

Florida panther. Photo: Alexis Castillo.

Dive into the enigmatic world of the panther as it prowls gracefully under the moon's gentle glow. 🌙✨ #WildlifeWonder #PantherMagic

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The Florida panther, Floridau2019s official state animal, has been listed as a federally endangered species since 1967. As the state grows, suitable habitat for panthers and other wildlife shrinks. Encounters with Florida panthers are relatively rare but do occur, particularly in rural parts of Florida. If you feel threatened by a panther, have lost pets or livestock to a panther, <a href="https://charlottecounty.floridaweekly.com/articles/florida-panther-update-3/">[…]</a>

Florida wildlife officials have confirmed that panther kittens have been found living north of the Caloosahatchee River for the first time in decades.

A Florida Panther ~ Unlike most other US national parks, Everglades national park was created to protect a fragile ecosystem instead of safeguarding a geographic feature. Thirty-six species designated as threatened or protected live in the park, including the Florida panther (left) ~ Galen Rowell/Corbis

The last confirmed mountain lion sighting in South Carolina occurred nearly 100 years ago, but Upstate residents are claiming to see and hear the big cats.

Scientists have pieced together the first complete picture of the Florida panther genome – work that could serve to protect that endangered population and other endangered species going forward. Florida panthers are the only documented population of pumas (Puma concolor) found east of the Mississippi River. In the mid-1990s, Florida panthe...

Park visitors sometimes ask where they might see the endangered Florida panther, which prefers remote, undeveloped areas. Read more to learn about your best chances for seeing one of the world’s most elusive animals.

Taken at Panther Ridge Conservation Center in Wellington. An absolutely awesome place to visit. www.pantherridgecc.org

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Opened in 1990, the Everglades Wildlife Sanctuary at Flamingo Gardens was one of the first of its kind in the country giving residence to permanently injured or non-releasable Florida native wildlife. Today it has the distinction of being the largest collection of Florida native wildlife in the State, with over 83 native species including alligators, bobcats, panthers, otters, eagles, peacocks and, of course flamingos. www.flamingogardens.org/Wildlife.html

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After years trekking in Florida’s wild places, a photographer gets to look a panther in the eye.