Articles for tag: Arizona Wilderness, big cats, Jaguars in Arizona, North American Jaguars, Wildlife Research

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The Science Behind the Return of Jaguars to Arizona’s Wilderness

Suhail Ahmed

A speckled shadow slips across a rocky ridge at dusk, then vanishes into oak woodland before your eyes adjust. For decades, the jaguar was more legend than neighbor in Arizona, a ghost of the borderlands that seemed to exist only in grainy photos and old field notes. Now, a new wave of evidence is rewriting ...

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How Climate Change Is Pushing Big Cats Into New Territories

Suhail Ahmed

On a warm night that should’ve been too cold for hunting, a camera trap blinked to life and caught a silhouette where no one expected it: a lone big cat slipping through dry grass at the edge of a farm. Scenes like this are emerging from mountain foothills, desert fringes, and coastal swamps across the ...

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10 Fierce Facts About Lions Backed by Science

Suhail Ahmed

Across the open grasslands, a lion’s roar rolls like thunder over dry earth – ancient, electrifying, and still full of unanswered questions. Scientists are not just watching lions; they’re decoding a living system that blends family drama with evolutionary engineering. The mystery is how these big cats balance cooperation and conflict to rule vast territories ...

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The Wild Cats Still Roaming the Arizona Desert

Suhail Ahmed

The Sonoran Desert looks empty at noon, all shimmer and silence, yet as dusk falls its sand turns into a moving script of paw prints. For years, the question has lingered: which wild cats still share this fierce landscape with growing cities and busier roads? A wave of new fieldwork is pulling back the veil, ...