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 altaica), and compared it with the ...

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 ...

Ahmedabad: After receiving official recognition from the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) as a state with tiger presence, Gujarat is now home to three big cat species — lion, leopard and ...

A recent study published in the Journal of Applied Ecology reveals that lion attacks led to more human fatalities, persisted for a longer time and extended over larger areas than tiger or leopard ...

Figure 1: Relationship of the tiger to other mammalian species. Figure 2: EGLN1 and TYR mutations related to hypoxia in snow leopard and white fur in white lion. Figure 4: Genetic diversity and ...

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 ...

The number of tigers in India have increased to 3,167 from the previous 2,967, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mysuru as he released a summary report of All India Tiger Estimation, after his ...