Showing posts with label panthera. Show all posts
Showing posts with label panthera. Show all posts

Friday, January 24, 2014

Rare Borneo Bay Cat Captured in Photo

An extremely elusive creature called a bay cat has been photographed in stunning detail in its native Borneo in Southeast Asia.  The new image, which was captured by a photographer working with the wildcat conservation organization Panthera, is one of the first high-resolution images taken of the enigmatic species. Previously, grainy camera-trap images were the main evidence of the cat's existence.

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Saturday, June 9, 2012

First Photos Ever Of Jaguars In Colombian Oil Palm Plantation



Panthera's camera traps recently produced the first photographic evidence of wild jaguars with cubs in an oil palm plantation in Colombia, including photos of two male jaguars and a female jaguar with cubs. Placed in the Magdalena River valley, these camera traps were set to gather new data about the impact of Colombia's ever-increasing oil palm plantations on jaguars.