jaguars
Posted Apr 27, 2022, 11:05 am
Ganesh Marin & John Koprowski/University of Arizona/The Conversation
Jaguars are the only species of big cat found on the American continent, and though local populations across the continent are decreasing at alarming rates, some experts think it’s possible jaguars could return to the Southwest U.S.... Read more»
Posted May 12, 2020, 1:21 pm
Alexandra Jones
/Courthouse News Service
Three environmental groups challenging the border wall between the United States and Mexico argued Tuesday in a federal complaint that the plan will completely kill off a population of jaguar.... Read more»
Posted Apr 29, 2019, 2:32 pm
Austen Bundy
/Cronkite News
Wildlife advocates say animals like the jaguar are at risk if President Donald Trump builds his planned border wall. But jaguars and their advocates may have an unlikely ally – the technology used in driverless cars.... Read more»
Posted Feb 3, 2016, 9:27 am
Dylan Smith & Paul Ingram/TucsonSentinel.com
Video of a rare solitary jaguar roaming the mountains just south of Tucson was released Wednesday. The big cat, dubbed "El Jefe" in a naming contest, is the only wild jaguar known to live in the United States.... Read more»
Posted Nov 2, 2015, 12:12 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
The only wild jaguar known to live in the United States prowls the mountains just south of Tucson, and local middle school students have given the big cat a name: "El Jefe."... Read more»
Posted Apr 18, 2014, 9:04 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
New photographs of an endangered jaguar in the Santa Rita Mountains have been released from a project managed by federal officials and University of Arizona researchers.... Read more»
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Updated Mar 4, 2014, 8:11 pm
Paul Ingram & Diangelea Millar/TucsonSentinel.com
Nearly 1,200 square miles of Southern Arizona and New Mexico has been labeled as critical habitat for the endangered northern jaguar. Designated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service, the area covers mountain ranges throughout Pima, Cochise and Santa Cruz counties as well as ranges in Hidalgo County, N.M.... Read more»