The jaguar is the third-largest big cat in the world after the tiger and the lion. It is the only living member of the Panthera family native to the Americas. No, there is only one species or type ...

The jaguar and leopard are members of the Panthera genus. They are part of the big cat family with tigers and lions. These ...

(Update: Big cats can protect humans from ... studying genetic material to determine family and species relationships—revealed an amazing fact: The jaguar is the only large, wide-ranging ...

The five-month-old cub, Lacumba III, is the first jaguar born at Baton Rouge Zoo in more than 30 years. She also was the ...

The word jaguar comes from the South American Tupi and Guarani languages. A likely origin is the word yaguareté, meaning “true, fierce beast.” DESCRIPTION: The largest cat native to North America and ...

It’s possible this latest jaguar detection is the same cat. All the jaguars spotted in the Southwest over the last several decades have been male. It’s unclear from this latest video whether the ...

A symbol of the enigmatic power of the Amazon, the jaguar is the largest cat in the Americas. Jaguars have unusually large, round heads, short legs and a stunning coat dotted with dark rosettes and ...

The last jaguar killed in Texas was slain in 1948 near Kingsville and weighed 121 pounds, however, in 1946 a much larger male jaguar was killed in the Rio ...