Everywhere they live, tiger populations are threatened. Tigers (Panthera tigris) are the biggest of the world’s cats. They are fierce, solitary animals that hunt across many miles, at speeds of ...

There are two recognized subspecies of tiger: the continental (Panthera tigris tigris) and the Sunda (Panthera tigris sondaica), according to IUCN. Tigers are the largest of all the Asian big cats.

The Malayan tiger (Panthera tigris jacksoni) is listed as critically endangered, with only about 80-120 mature individuals left and a declining population. In 2014, it was estimated that 250-340 ...

Fewer tiger subspecies, better protection? Date: June 27, 2015 Source: Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V. (FVB) Summary: New scientific research could help to protect tigers (Panthera tigris) from ...

“With hybrids there’s a much greater chance of the genetics being messed up,” says Luke Hunter, who heads the wild cat conservation organization Panthera. This means there’s a higher ...

The oldest extinct species of tiger known yet has been discovered in China, scientists say. Although the skull of the more than 2-million-year-old fossil is smaller than most modern tigers, it ...

Since the 1950s, the tiger (Panthera tigris) population in Malaysia has rapidly declined from around 3000 to fewer than 150 individuals today. The main drivers of this fall have been habitat loss ...

As a major tiger habitat country, Bangladesh has been spending a remarkable amount of money to protect the Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) for the last two decades; however, the population ...

The tiger (Panthera tigris) is the largest member of the Felidae family. Best known for its striking reddish-orange coat covered with dark stripes, the big cat shows up in mythology and folklore ...