These groups, along with the Naples Zoo and the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, work together to protect the Florida ...

The heaviest wild Florida panther ever recorded in the state has been caught by research scientists—who discovered it weighed 166 pounds. The Florida panther is a type of cougar or mountain lion, ...

The panther population at one point in the 1990s dropped to around 50 animals, in part because of inbreeding that caused numerous health problems. That led officials to import eight female Texas pumas ...

Florida biologists captured the heaviest panther ever recorded in the state as part of a research program into the endangered animal. The adult male panther weighed 166 pounds, according to the ...

But the Dems picked the iconic panther and official state animal on purpose. "The Florida panther won’t back down from a fight,” Florida Democratic Party chair Nikki Fried said at the event.

As both the number of panthers and the number of people living in Florida grows, so does the chance of encountering the animal — especially in rural areas, according to wildlife officials.

The GPS collars help researchers track a panther's movement patterns, survival, reproduction and habitat use and help build strategies to help the animal's population recover. According to the ...