It’s Official: A New Jaguar was Photographed in Arizona
There is a lot happening in the wild felid (cat) world right now! Uttarakhand’s high court just passed a landmark ruling, a new ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) den was recently found…
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Potentially New Jaguar Photographed in Arizona
I have just received an exciting notification from the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD). A male jaguar was recently photographed near Fort Huachuca, which is a United States Army…
American Jaguars Featured in the Cover Story of the Smithsonian Magazine
In February of this year, Conservation CATalyst and the Center for Biological Diversity created a media firestorm when they released a video of El Jefe: the only known jaguar (Panthera…
Review of Cloak and Jaguar: A Must-Read Book
What do you get when you combine competition for a massive sum of money, a biologist with a reputation for killing jaguars, and an agency culture that permits lying to…
Humans and Jaguars: overcoming a history of conflict
I am pleased to announce that I have just authored my first guest post. The essay is titled “Humans and Jaguars: overcoming a history of conflict,” and it can be…
Arizona’s Only Known Jaguar Given a Name
In a previous post, I mentioned that the Center for Biological Diversity was hosting a contest to name the United States’ only known jaguar. That contest is now over. Students…
Jaguars in the United States: Part 2
I was stunned by the surprise and beauty of the scene. This was a first for me. I had been 60 years waiting to see this beautiful creature. I said…
Jaguars in the United States: Part 1
We saw neither hide nor hair of him, but his personality pervaded the wilderness; no living beast forgot his potential presence, for the price of unwariness was death. No deer…
The Jaguar 