Articles for tag: Arizona Desert, Arizona wildlife, big cats, Desert Predators, WildCats

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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, ...

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7 Wild Cats That Still Roam the U.S. Against All Odds

Suhail Ahmed

Across highways, cul-de-sacs, and silent mountain passes, America’s last wild cats are still slipping through the margins of our maps. Their survival is a modern paradox: shrinking habitats and busier roads, yet the paw prints keep appearing in fresh mud. Scientists are decoding how these elusive predators persist, and the answers blend hard data with ...