Conserving the dwindling jaguar population in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest won’t be possible without protecting its prey. That’s the conclusion of a new study, which found that the absence of deer, ...

In addition to habitat loss and illegal hunting, the jaguar (Panthera onca) faces another threat that increases its risk of extinction in the South American Atlantic Forest: food scarcity. A study by ...

Jaguars have lived in the Atlantic Forest for hundreds of thousands of years. They are apex predators that have helped to maintain their ecosystem, keeping species of both flora and fauna in balance ...

For the first time in a decade, camera traps set up high in the Sierra del Merendón mountain range in Honduras captured images of a male jaguar. The cat was documented at an altitude of 2,200 meters ...

There’s little prey left for jaguars in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, which is driving the big cat’s decline there, according to new research. Hunting is wiping out species like deer and peccaries that ...