At the Palm Beach Zoo, families gathered Saturday for the 2nd Annual Save the Panther Day event. Panther numbers on the rise ...

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, ...

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 ...

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.