But in 1980, responding to objections, the Service removed jaguars within the United States from the endangered species list — in blatant violation ... Fish Department illegally killed the only known ...

Among the Mojo people of Bolivia, the prime candidates for the job of shaman were men who had survived a jaguar attack. Even today, when the species has been pushed out of more than half its ...

This story appears in the March 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. (Update: Big cats can protect humans from the rise of future pandemics. See more in National Geographic News.) At dusk ...

Both animals are on the endangered species list. That’s pretty much where the similarities end. Each is a unique creature as ...

A trail camera set up deep in the Huachuca Mountains near Tucson, Arizona, captured footage of a new, rare species of wild jaguar. The sighting of this beast has garnered great buzz among ...

4. Are jaguars native to the United States? The jaguar, the third-largest cat species in the world, evolved in North America hundreds of thousands or even millions of years before it expanded its ...

According to the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Jaguar Species Survival Plan, a baby born from Filly and Frankie has the potential to increase the genetic diversity of the North American jaguar ...

A jaguar’s ultra-strong jaws and teeth can bite through a ... so they play an important role in controlling the populations of other species. This helps keep a balance in the food chain, and a healthy ...

"We are proud to support the conservation efforts of the Belize Zoo and their commitment to the Jaguar Species Survival Plan. By bringing Filly to Milwaukee, we are also focused on the welfare and ...

"We are proud to support the conservation efforts of the Belize Zoo and their commitment to the Jaguar Species Survival Plan. By bringing Filly to Milwaukee, we are also focused on the welfare and ...