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Cats

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Cheetahs In Crisis

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Vote for the Clouded Leopards in the Cutest Zoo Baby Contest

There are only an estimated 10,000 clouded leopards left in the world

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Smile! Elusive Jaguar Caught on Camera in Panama

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Clouded Cubs Continued: They’re Two Boys

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Video: Newborn Clouded Leopards

We thought the National Zoo’s newborn clouded leopards were cute when we got the first photo. But now there’s video

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Clouded Leopard Cubs Born at the Zoo’s Research Facility

For the first time in 16 years, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s Conservation and Research Center celebrated the birth of clouded leopard cubs.

National Zoo Celebrates Birth of Rare Clouded Leopards

Notoriously difficult to breed, two new clouded leopards are born at the National Zoo’s research facility

Domestic cats are the most popular pet in America, numbering some 80 million.

Cats as Pets and Predators

Jake Page explores the evolution and enigmatic ways of the most popular pet in America — the house cat

American Laurie Marker (with Chewbaaka, a cat she raised after it was caught in a trap as a 3-week-old) is the world's expert on cheetahs.

Rare Breed

Can Laurie Marker help the world’s fastest mammal outrun its fate?

National Zoo researchers (with Ume) are experimenting with cheetah fertility.

Breeding Cheetahs

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Saving the Cheetah

National Zoo scientist Adrienne Crosier discusses how scientists are using artificialinsemination to rescue the species

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Put a Tiger in Your Pocket

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On the Prowl

Rare jaguar sightings have sparked a debate about how to ensure the cats’ survival in the American West

In the United States, cats are the most popular house pet, with about 90 million domesticated cats slinking around 34 percent of U.S. homes.

A Brief History of House Cats

It may be that “nobody owns a cat,” but scientists now say the popular pet has lived with people for 12,000 years

Clouded leopard

Clouded comeback?

Smithsonian zoologists are attempting to breed the rare clouded leopard

Zion's dwindling cougar population traces its roots to the late 1920s, when the park's management made efforts to increase visitation.

It All Falls Down

A plummeting cougar population alters the ecosystem at Zion National Park

Mountain lion climbing down rock, Yellowstone National Park

Cougars on the Move

Mountain lions are thought to be multiplying in the West and heading east. Can we learn to live with these beautiful, elusive creatures?

Is there room in the Terai Arc for people and wildlife? One win-win solution helped villagers replace forest-foraging cattle with a breed that produces more milk and is kept close to home.

Building An Arc

Despite poachers, insurgents and political upheaval, India and Nepal’s bold approach to saving wildlife in the Terai Arc just may succeed

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Return of the Jaguar?

Novel camera traps have documented the elusive cat in Arizona, suggesting it may not be gone from the United States after all

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War, Honor and…Cats

After such knowledge, what forgiveness?

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