Proyecto AAk Mahahual AC
Discover how Big Cat Rescue is partnering with Proyecto AAk Mahahual to protect wild jaguars and ocelots through community coexistence. Read more!
The 120-Foot Cat in the Desert
The Nazca cat geoglyph is one of the oldest known Nazca Lines, a 37 meter (120 foot) feline figure carved into a hillside in southern Peru between 200 and 300 BC. Discovered in October 2020 during work on a desert lookout point, the cat was nearly erased by natural erosion. Peru's Ministry of Culture cleared the faint lines by hand to reveal a reclining cat with a round head, pointed ears, and a long striped tail. This guide explains how the Nazca Lines were made, why the cat dates to the earlier Paracas period, and how cats shaped the art and culture of ancient Peru. A calm, educational look at one of the desert's most charming ancient drawings.
Kyrgyzstan Builds a Climate-Ready Highway for Snow Leopards
Kyrgyzstan has officially designated the Ak Ilbirs ecological corridor, a climate-ready protected area covering nearly 800,000 hectares of high-altitude habitat for snow leopards (Panthera uncia) and other mountain wildlife. Formalized in 2025, the corridor connects existing protected areas, pastureland, and forest across 14 rural municipalities so that snow leopards, argali sheep, and Asiatic ibex can move freely as climate change reshapes their range. Designed by scientists using climate modeling, the corridor captures more than 60 percent of future suitable snow leopard habitat. It also supports herders through grazing rules and alternative livelihoods like beekeeping, orchards, and ecotourism. Learn what this conservation milestone means for big cats, mountain ecosystems, and the future of wildlife in Central Asia.
Bengal Tigers May Return to Cambodia
Cambodia lost its wild tigers to poaching and was declared tiger free in 2016. Now a plan to reintroduce Bengal tigers from India into the Cardamom Mountains is moving forward. Conservation scientists warn that prey density may be too low, that snaring and poaching remain rampant, that logging and five new hydropower dams threaten the habitat, and that local and Indigenous communities have not been properly consulted. Learn what the tiger reintroduction plan means for wild tigers, for the Cardamom rainforest, and for the people who depend on it, and why getting it right matters for big cat conservation.
Two Wild Tiger Moms
New BBC Earth footage shows two wild Bengal tigers, Goma and Jugini, co-parenting and babysitting each other's cubs, a behavior long thought impossible for these solitary big cats. Learn what wildlife researchers discovered on Tiger Island, why tiger mothers may share parenting to protect cubs from adult males, and how the rare 2006 story of male tiger T-25 raising orphaned cubs in Ranthambore National Park fits the pattern. Big Cat Rescue explains what this rare cooperative behavior reveals about tiger intelligence, social flexibility, and why these endangered cats deserve protection.
Icarus - International Cooperation for Animal Research Using Space
The Icarus satellite system, built by the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, is creating an Internet of Animals. Tiny tags track location, movement, heart rate, and body temperature, then send the data to satellites in low Earth orbit. Scientists are training algorithms to recognize the panic patterns animals show when poachers approach, turning tagged herds into a live early warning network. For wild cats like cheetahs, leopards, tigers, lions, and Florida panthers and bobcats, this could mean protection across vast and remote landscapes that no single ranger could ever watch. Learn how Big Cat Rescue is following the Icarus project and how satellite tracking could change the future of wild cat conservation.
