A Southern Arizona rancher is being honored for his efforts to protect the jaguar and its habitat. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says Warner Glenn has been instrumental in changing negative perceptions of the jaguar among Arizona ranchers and
Seeking a conservation plan to protect the American jaguar, one of the rarest animals native to Arizona, Defenders of Wildlife has sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and several ranking officials.
Researchers are studying the feces of threatened animals living on Emas National Park in Brazil, for clues on their behavior and what can be done to protect them. The project's analysis of the jaguar feces showed that they rarely moved outside the
A thoroughfare that's healthy for wildlife? For a change, a conduit through the forests of Central America won't trigger new development or increase greenhouse gases. Instead, conservationists hope, the only thing it will pave the way for is more pawprint
It's a tale of homeland security concerns blocking wildlife management, and the hue and cry that ensues. When most people think of jaguars, they think of the jungles of Central and South America, not the remote desert ranges between the United States and
Scientists working for WCS in Arizona have captured an image of a jaguar, a rare visitor to the United States. The picture, taken by a camera trap placed near the U.S.-Mexican border, is the first image of this largest of New World felines in the U.S.
The jaguar is a supercarnivore, a great example of form and function, with amazing adaptations for life as a meat eater. The biggest threats facing jaguar are loss of habitat, loss of food and being shot and killed by people with whom they come into
Bolivia's sprawling Kaa-Iya Gran Chaco National Park, known for some of the world's highest densities of ticks, may now lay claim to another superlative: more jaguars than any protected area on earth. According to a recent study by the New York-based
On Friday 25th April 2008, two rangers hired by FFI's local partner, the Ya'axché Conservation Trust (YCT), were walking to check on a camera trap within the Golden Stream Corridor Preserve (GSCP), one of Central America's most important tracts of
A conservation group is suing the Bush administration over construction of a wall along the Arizona-Mexico border, saying it jeopardizes the survival of jaguars in the region.
Conserving a species like the jaguar requires assessing, prioritizing and conserving not only the individual populations, but also the variety of ecological interactions associated with them. This method has helped define conservation and research
Using a methodology developed to count tigers half a world away, a team of scientists from the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society has completed the first-ever census of one of the world's most elusive big cats - the jaguar.
In order to help conserve this species, we need to improve our knowledge of jaguar populations and their interactions with nearby human communities. The jaguar is a vital 'flagship' species. Protecting it will also help to conserve the other felids -
Reps. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Madeleine Z. Bordallo (Guam-at large), subcommittee chairs of the House Natural Resources Committee, have called a field hearing to discuss the border wall and the REAL ID Act waiver used by the Bush administration to
