Florida turkey hunter Jason Francis had a rare and heart-pounding encounter Monday, when he nearly called a panther into his ground blind. Francis thinks the only reason the big cat came so close was ...

A man hunting wild turkeys at the Babcock Ranch Preserve experienced a rare interruption by an endangered Florida panther, and he was able to record the encounter for posterity. Jason Francis, an IT ...

(News Press) -- State wildlife managers have switched course on a panther position paper that suggests Floridians were afraid of the big cats and that there should be a limit to government protections ...

In early January, an endangered 2-year-old Florida male panther known as UCFP479 became the first to die this year in a vehicle collision along a rural southwestern Florida road. Two weeks later, a 10 ...

This article originally appeared on Undark. The Florida panther’s unlikely comeback is neatly summarized on the website of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. From around 20 surviving animals in the ...