Conservation groups are suing the Trump administration for waiving environmental laws to expedite new border wall ...

The elusive cats are among the rarest mammals in the Southwest, living a life of mystery in the borderland shadows as their habitat disappears.

Its fur is uniquely spotted and striped, and its silent movement resembles a shadow in the thicket: The ocelot is one of the ...

Dive deep into South Texas to meet one of America’s most endangered cats: the ocelot.

With dwindling U.S. ocelot populations facing little hope for expansion, an innovative public-private alliance is gearing up to breed and reintroduce a new population. They’ll face uniquely ...

Texas ocelots are dependent on a thorn-scrub habitat—a dense, shrubby environment that provides them with the shelter and hunting grounds they need.

However, due to hunting and habitat loss, there are fewer than 120 known ocelots living in the U.S. This ocelot subspecies, known as the Texas ocelot (Leopardus pardalis albescens), is endangered.

Ocelot populations declined in the U.S. due to habitat loss, a lack of habitat connectivity, stressors from climate change like drought and extreme heat and the inability to cross roads or other ...

Ocelots are a quintessentially American cat—yet a single tropical storm could wipe them off the U.S. map. Will a pioneering new partnership make a difference?

Visitors to the Los Angeles Zoo will soon have the chance to catch a glimpse of a new ocelot kitten, which zoo officials said is almost big enough to enter the animal’s public habitat. Zoo ...

For an ocelot in Texas—with only a few thousand free acres of possible habitat, separated by vast tracts of farms, ranches, development and highways— finding a territory is especially challenging.