Wildlife officials accidentally captured the heaviest Florida panther ever documented during a routine population check.

Biologists recently captured, collared and released a very stout male cat. When they weighed him, they realized he was the ...

The heaviest wild Florida panther ever recorded in the state has been caught by research scientists—who discovered it weighed ...

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FLORIDA, USA — Biologists with the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) have captured what they say is the ...

Roughly 75 years ago the Florida panther, a unique subspecies of the North American cougar, was nearly extinct when there ...

FWC biologists recently captured and tagged the heaviest Florida panther ever recorded, a male weighing 166 pounds.

The massive panther was tranquilized and captured with a net, after it had climbed a tree, before it was weighed and collared ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) biologists recently captured the heaviest Florida panther ever recorded — weighing 166 pounds.

(WFLA) — Florida Fish and Wildlife ... A collar with a GPS tracker is then put on the panther to track movement patterns, survival, reproduction and habitat use. The goal of this research ...