In the early 1980s, many scientists believed the endangered ocelot, a spotted wildcat that once roamed as far north as Arkansas and Louisiana, had died out in Texas. Then, on a late winter day in 1982 ...

The ocelot is, by any standards, a beautiful and magnificent animal. It is a little larger than your average house cat, and distinguished by a very long, ringed tail and distinctive spot patterns on ...

Many people are surprised to learn that both jaguars and elusive wild cats known as ocelots are native Arizonans, and still roam the U.S.-Mexico borderlands to this day. They are even more intrigued ...

Four dogs treed an endangered ocelot this week in the mountains near Sierra Vista, allowing the rare cat to be photographed. It was the second, and possibly the third, confirmed sighting of an ocelot ...

In August, our family had the opportunity to take a "night hike" through the Belize Zoo, a lush, jungly haven 30 miles west of Belize City. The Central American zoo is home to all kinds of species, ...

Texas is home to the last remaining populations of the U.S. ocelot, a small and beautiful cat that is often called the little leopard. Researchers estimate that only 50 to 80 of these magnificent and ...

Ocelots are considered silent loners and skilled hunters. Yet, under certain circumstances, they are found alongside opossums. PETBOOK reveals what lies behind this unusual relationship and other ...

The longest documented path taken by an ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) was recently recorded in Arizona. According to a research paper by Eamon Harrity and Kinley Ragan published in March 2026, this male ...

Ocelot photo by Tom Smylie, USFWS. This photo is available for media use. “All the latest science shows Wildlife Services’ predator-control program is expensive, ineffective and inhumane,” said ...

KINGSVILLE — In the early 1980s, many scientists believed the endangered ocelot, a spotted wildcat that once roamed as far north as Arkansas and Louisiana, had died out in Texas. Then, on a late ...