Scientists have unraveled the first whole genome of a nine-year-old male Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica), and compared it with the genomes of other big cats including the white Bengal tiger, ...

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 ...

New mammals in the town! As part of the reintroduction of the Animal in India, the second batch of 12 South African Cheetahs are ready to land in India on 18 February. Before this eight cheetahs have ...

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 and their relatives have hit on the right combination of genes to make them successful hunters, scientists have learned from studying the DNA of some of the biggest big cats. Along with teasing ...

The biggest and perhaps most fearsome of the world's big cats, the tiger shares 95.6 percent of its DNA with humans' cute and furry companions, domestic cats. That's one of the findings from the newly ...

This ultimate cat fight has happened more times than you might expect. The Romans pitted African lions against Asian tigers in the Coliseum, to the rip-roaring pleasure of the Plebeians. A few fights ...