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Jan 24, 2013

Tiger Tracker: Tales from a Conservation Biologist

Elephants really, really hate camera flashes. When conservation biologist Firoz Ahmed installs camera traps in Kaziranga National Park, in northeastern India's Assam state, he and his colleagues must return every day to check on the reinforced metal boxes. Often, the cameras have been torn down and trampled. Because the traps...

Mar 22, 2013

Cameras Capture Tigers Trekking Through Wildlife Corridor

A camera trap has captured photos of two healthy tigers using a protected corridor in the Kerala province of southwest India this year, evidence that the pathway could help populations of the endangered animals. The first photo shows an adult male tiger in very good health that has just preyed...

Mar 26, 2013

New Tiger Reserve Established in India

India has created a new protected area for tigers within a wildlife reserve in the south of the country. The area, part of the Sathyamangalam Wildlife Sanctuary, is home to about 25 tigers, according to a release from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), a conservation group. This population of tigers...

May 9, 2013

How You Can Help Save Threatened Russian Tigers: Op-Ed

Linda Walker is manager of the Global Forest & Trade Network - North America for the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in Washington, D.C. She contributed this article to LiveScience’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Your dining-room table may be one of the reasons why Russian tiger forests are being pushed...

Dec 20, 2013

How to Give a Tiger a Root Canal

Having a fearsome bite won't get you out of a root canal. A 4-year-old male Siberian tiger named Marty had to undergo the dreaded dental procedure in his den at Scotland's Highland Wildlife Park on Wednesday (Dec. 18) after keepers noticed signs of trouble. Marty apparently had a small chip...

Feb 25, 2015

U.S. 'Pet' Tiger Trade Puts Big Cats at Great Risk (Op-Ed)

Nicole Paquette is the vice president of wildlife protection at The Humane Society of the United States. She contributed this article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Threatened with extinction in the wild, tigers are struggling to survive and regain their once-thriving populations against pressures caused by habitat...

Mar 10, 2015

Photo First: Rare Tiger Family Portrait

For the first time, conservationists have spotted an Amur tiger dad leading his family along a snowy trail in Russia's Far East forests. There are fewer than 500 of the rare Amur tigers left in the wild, according tothe Wildlife Conservation Society. The endangered species lives in remote, mountainous territory...

Apr 22, 2015

Abandoned Baby Tiger Triplets Thrive with Zoo's Aid

Three male Amur tiger cubs were born Tuesday (April 21) at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Powell, Ohio. The baby tigers each weighed 2.5 pounds (1.1 kilograms) at birth, which falls within the typical range of 1.5 to 3 pounds (0.7 to 1.4 kg) for tiger cubs, according to...

May 6, 2015

Elusive Siberian Tigers Captured in Brilliant Images (Photos)

Jonathan Slaght is projects manager for WCS's Russia Program. Julie Larsen Maher is staff photographer for the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), the first woman to hold the position since the society's founding in 1895. In addition to field visits, Maher photographs the animals at WCS's five New York-based wildlife parks:...

Sep 22, 2010

O Hai! Rare Glimpse of Wild Baby Snow Leopard

A wild baby snow leopard was caught on film dubiously inspecting a camera trap high in the Himalayas, providing what may be the first-ever footage of a snow leopard cub in the wild. Filmed over 16,400 feet (5,000 meters) high in Bhutan's mountains, the cute little critter walks right up...

Jul 14, 2011

Photos: Elusive Snow Leopards Thrive in Surprising Spot

Thanks to the vigilant eye of camera traps stationed high in Afghanistan's remote northeast mountains, researchers have uncovered exciting news: A population of endangered snow leopards, one of the most elusive big cats on the planet, is thriving in the region. Snow leopard and its namesake. (Image credit: Wildlife Conservation...

Dec 8, 2011

First Images Taken of Snow Leopards in Siberia

Motion-sensor-equipped cameras have taken the first images of the elusive and threatened snow leopard in a remote mountain range in Siberia. The photos were taken between Oct. 26 and 30 at an altitude of about 13,100 feet (4,000 meters) on the Chikhachyova Ridge in the Altai Republic, a semiautonomous region...

Dec 30, 2011

Rare Photo Shows Snow Leopard With Cub

Photographing snow leopards with remote cameras in Afghanistan is hard enough, but snapping a picture of a mother and cub is nearly impossible. Which is why a team of conservationists from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) was delighted to take this recent image from a craggy peak in Afghanistan’s Sarkund...

Jan 27, 2012

Images: Snow Leopards & Mountain Creatures of Wild Tajikistan

Scarce Cat (Image credit: Panthera/FFI.)A snow leopard, one of the most elusive big cats on Earth, and also an endangered species, triggers a camera trap set up high in an isolated mountain range in Tajikistan. The camera traps caught a parade of interesting wildlife on film. Snow Leopard (Image credit:...

Jan 27, 2012

Elusive Snow Leopards Photographed, Steal Camera

Snow leopards are one of the most elusive cats on Earth. Not only is the species endangered, but it is notoriously shy, and much about where snow leopards live in the wild remains mysterious. So researchers got a big surprise when a set of 11 camera traps installed in a...