The jaguar and leopard are members of the Panthera genus ... They are strong swimmers and one of the few species of big cats adept at hunting underwater, so it’s most common to find them ...

There are only 5 true big cats – the lion, tiger, leopard, snow leopard, and jaguar. Cheetahs and cougars are in fact more closely related to domestic cats. Lions can take down the biggest prey ...

In Latin America, the jaguar range represents 8.6% of the world’s land surface area ... Shy, elusive, and mysterious, the snow leopard is one of the world’s most enigmatic big cats. Emblems of Asia's ...

What is it about big cats that makes ... Leg hairs help the leopard to stalk, and intricate muscle fibres drive the snow leopard to capture its prey. For the jaguar, jaw muscles and whiskers ...

The Phoenix Zoo in April opened Big Cats of Arizona, a $5.4 million habitat paid in part with a grant from the Arizona Office ...

the remaining jaguar population is declining under serious pressure. Jaguars now occupy less than half of their historical range. They’re so elusive that we don’t know exactly how many are left in the ...

The Phoenix Zoo hopes to attract more tourists with the opening of a new $5.4 million Big Cats of Arizona exhibit. Financing for the habitat in the zoo’s Arizona Trail ...