Mooncat (mascot @thecattoken) this is my baby. Her name is Gucci!

Today is #BiodiversityDay! #Wildcats are a diverse group & are important for ecosystem health. We can help protect wild cats through habitat conservation, reducing poaching & raising awareness of threats they face. felidaefund.org/learn/cats 📸 : Sharon Osberg

Despite their small size, Africa's black-footed cats are the most successful feline hunters in the world — with a higher success rate than even tigers! For more cat facts, blogs, news and more, please subscribe to Panthera's monthly newsletter: panthera.org/signup

Next to the din of the wildebeests Great Migration, there’s a calm spot for this Mara elephant family crossing the river

The new Amboseli Icons 🐘🐘🗻🐘🐘

If the Umani orphans had a slogan, it would be ‘no elephant is left behind’. Despite several of the elephants here having life-long disabilities that affect their ability to walk long distances, the herd has always stuck together. Now with baby Mwana in the mix, it takes on a

Today we give a #Caturday shoutout to the Snow Leopard. Did you know the Snow Leopard is not a Leopard at all? Despite the similarities in appearance genetics show its closest Big Cat relative is actually the Tiger with a common ancestor some 3.2 million years ago. #snowleopard

A pride of 20 lions squeezes together perfectly as they drink from a small stream of water in the Sand River in the world-famous MalaMala Game Reserve Game Reserve.

Triple Cuteness.

This spring, Yellowstone biologists documented adult wolves from the Mollie’s Pack traveling back to their den with some interesting items. go.nps.gov/YellWolves

Meet the Rusty-Spotted Cat! Native to Sri Lanka and India, this cat is known for being the world's smallest cat, weighing as little as 0.8kg. Want to learn more? Visit felidaefund.org/learn/cats/rus… #wildcats #felidae #conservation #cats

As we post this update, Nina’s keeper is feeding her and she is being comforted by him. She is lying in a comfortable resting position and is snacking on cucumbers. Nina, who has gone through inexpressible horrors all her life, has been amazingly forgiving to humans, and has

Almost all the Big Cats have retractable claws, just like your cat at home. The Cheetah, however, only has semi-retractable claws, needing all the grip it can muster to run at such ferocious speeds, and in particular grip the ground to accelerate sharply. #conservation #Bigcats

There are usually two types of merchants.

Cuteness Alert! An albino #puma (aka #mountainlion) was born at a #zoo in Nicaragua. Albinism and even leucism (partial loss of pigmentation) in pumas is very rare. people.com/rare-albino-pu…

Though leopards are notoriously elusive, a chance encounter with one as a tourist can prove to be an intimidating experience. Learn more about what to do if you encounter one of these large cats in the wild and how to keep yourself and the leopard safe: bit.ly/45T3k5S

Like all #SelfieSundaySpecies wild cats — big and small — bobcats are important to their ecosystems. In the Pacific Northwest, for example, they provide economic benefits to people, including controlling rodents that affect timber production.