PENSACOLA, Fla. — A mysterious illness is leaving Florida's panthers and bobcats vulnerable to predators and car strikes. It's called feline leukomyelopathy (FLM). The neurological condition causes ...

Florida panther deaths were down in 2023, but did the rare animals have a good year? Panther road kills are at about half the level they have been in recent years, and advocates continue to wonder if ...

Two Florida panthers were hit and killed by vehicles this week, bringing the total number of documented big cat deaths for the year to 10. Panther deaths have been low this year compared to the ...

Maybe 2023 was a hiccup for Florida panthers. Road kills were at a worrisome low last year, but this year the number of road kills appears to be on pace with an average year. It's never good when a ...

A state biologist responded recently to a series of questions from The News-Press / Naples Daily News regarding panther numbers and the big cat's future, and there are still many unknowns surrounding ...

Scientists believe a mysterious neurological disorder causing leg weakness in Florida panthers and bobcats is unrelated to the first North American case of “staggering disease” recently identified in ...

Florida panther road kills are back on track, close to historic conditions. And that's good news for the official state animal as road kills have long been one way of estimating the entire population ...

Sometimes even the most elusive of cats can’t resist a good photo op. On August 31, a trail camera captured a family of endangered Florida panthers prowling through foliage near Immokalee, an ...