The Texas ocelot (Leopardus pardalis albescens) is endangered due to historic hunting, habitat loss, inbreeding, and traffic collisions. Today, only between 50 and 80 ocelots remain in the US, ...

Strolling through campus at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), you will notice a vivid black-and-yellow sign: “Drive slowly. Ocelots.” Don’t be fooled. You are unlikely to see an ...

Costa Rica is home to a surprising number of spotted cats. If you know one, you probably know the jaguar, the hulking king of Costa Rica’s jungles. But there are three more speckled, spotted or ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is seeking public input on a plan to try to grow the population of endangered ocelots in South Texas. TPWD, along with the U.S. Fish and ...

There might be more ocelots in Texas than first thought, scientists have said. An unfortunate ocelot was found to have been hit by a car in 2021 in Hidalgo County—just south of Linn, Texas—about 50 ...

Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. In the Peruvian Amazon, a series of curious encounters has left ...