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 ...

Tigers are the largest of the big cats, with males weighing up to 600 pounds or more. Their sheer size and muscular build give them immense power, enabling them to bring down large prey, including ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...