Why it's awesome: Not all predatory wildcats roar; a small feline called the jaguarundi uses at least 13 calls, including purring, whistling and chirping like a bird. Native to the Americas, ...

Jim Schroeder rounded a bend in the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge this September, the side of his pickup brushing past high grasses emerging from the dense South Texas thickets. Schroeder’s sister, ...

Residents near San Antonio may have spotted a cat long believed to be extinct in Texas. In Seguin, locals are comparing recent big cat sightings to the jaguarundi — a small, elusive feline related to ...

At first glance, the jaguarundi doesn’t look quite like your typical wild cat. With its long body, short legs, and sleek coat, it’s often compared to an otter more than a feline. Native to Central and ...

SEGUIN, Texas — Residents along Link Road and State Highway 46 in Seguin have reported sightings of a large cat, sparking speculation on social media that it could be a jaguarundi, a relative of the ...

LAGUNA ATASCOSA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE - After the third report in a month of jaguarundi darting through the brush, wildlife biologist Linda Laack took action. She hid sensory cameras in the grasses ...

Last Monday, in an article about Brazil’s Cerrado, this Mongabay editor mistakenly identified an animal in a photo as a puma (Puma concolor). Within hours multiple readers corrected that mistake, ...