The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) reached out to ZooTampa last year. They had an injured young panther named Loper in need of surgery. The animal had been hit by a car in ...

Wildlife officials are mourning the loss of a 2-3-month-old male Florida panther after his remains were discovered Monday on a Collier County road. The kitten, identified by researchers as UCFP502, ...

TAMPA, Fla. — ZooTampa at Lowry Park has a new permanent resident: Loper, a Florida panther who will be, for the time being, in rehabilitation while he heals. Staff at the zoo said in a statement on ...

Florida panther crossing sign on Collier Blvd. Photo by Daria Mironova/WMNF. Residents in Southwest Florida say rapid development in Collier County is destroying Florida panther habitat, increasing ...