The ghost cat pads through the brush on silent, velvety paws. Creeping nimbly under low-lying branches, it uses highly evolved night vision to zero in on prey. A sudden flash of golden brown eyes is ...

Ocelots are similar in size to bobcats. Female ocelots weigh 14.5 to 25 pounds, while male ocelots are heavier, weighing 15 to 34 pounds. Ocelots are typically 29 to 39 inches in length, with males ...

set in the tangled, thornscrub habitat preferred by ocelots for seclusion and protection from predators. The ocelot is barely visible inside the trap and was not injured during the trapping. As one ...

Dive deep into South Texas to meet one of America’s most endangered cats: the ocelot. With about 120 known ocelots remaining, the future of the U.S. ocelot population relies on ranchers, scientists ...

Buffalo Zoo’s Newborn Ocelot Has Everyone Melting Over His Impossibly Big Eyes originally appeared on PetHelpful. Everyone has different opinions about what's considered 'cute,' but baby animals are ...

Ocelots once prowled throughout Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Arizona. But because of trapping, poisoning and habitat loss, these wild, spotted cats nearly disappeared over the last couple of ...

McALLEN It’s been more than 50 years since the South Texas ocelot — a medium-sized spotted wildcat known for parallel stripes running down its neck — was put on the federal endangered species list. By ...

PHOENIX - An ocelot has been spotted on camera in a southern Arizona region for the first time in 50 years. Researchers with the Phoenix Zoo and Arizona Center for Nature Conservation released video ...

An ocelot rests on a rock in the Sonoran Desert, Arizona, in 2007. Only seven ocelots, including the one just spotted, have been seen in the state in the last two decades. Arterra / Getty Images A ...