September 20, 2013, Shenzhen, China – An international team led by South Korea's Personal Genomics Institute and BGI unraveled the first whole genome of a 9-year-old male Amur tiger (Panthera tigris ...

Figure 1: Relationship of the tiger to other mammalian species. Figure 2: EGLN1 and TYR mutations related to hypoxia in snow leopard and white fur in white lion. Figure 4: Genetic diversity and ...

Ahmedabad: After receiving official recognition from the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) as a state with tiger presence, Gujarat is now home to three big cat species — lion, leopard and ...

NEW DELHI, (IANS) – Twenty-eight countries have joined the CITES Big Cats Task Force to combat the illegal trade of big cats, comprising the lion, leopard, tiger, and snow leopard. Big cats are ...

A recent study published in the Journal of Applied Ecology reveals that lion attacks led to more human fatalities, persisted for a longer time and extended over larger areas than tiger or leopard ...

Up to 100 big cats could be roaming the British countryside, according to a university professor. Professor Robin Allaby from Warwick University, who specialises in Life Sciences, found evidence of ...

The number of tigers in India have increased to 3,167 from the previous 2,967, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mysuru as he released a summary report of All India Tiger Estimation, after his ...

For once man’s best friend wasn’t a dog, it was a tiger. Animal handler Eduardo Serio was saved from a leopard attack when a tiger intervened in a video that has resurfaced since being posted on ...