The cats face risks from habitat loss and fragmentation as land is converted for urban expansion, industry and other human uses. The sand cat (Felis margarita) is the only truly desert-dwelling cat in ...

Simón crouches, pointing to animal tracks in the sand. One belongs to ... but destruction of habitat, hunting, and hybridizing with domestic cats are threats. Photographed At Exmoor Zoo, England ...

Sand cats, one of the world’s smallest felines ... a potential fierceness needed for survival in their sandy and rocky habitat in Africa and elsewhere. The Nasu Animal Kingdom in Nasu, Tochigi ...

Arar, Oct. 17 (BNA): The elusive sand cat can be found in various wild locations east of Arar in Saudi Arabia's Northern Borders region. Once threatened by poaching and habitat destruction, the sand ...

By Ruth Kamnitzer Populations of the black-footed cat, a little-known feline in Southern Africa, have been declining for the last half a million years and exhibit very high degrees of inbreeding. This ...

That’s an average of less than two square miles of habitat apiece ... in South Africa’s Sabi Sand Reserve hauled a kill up a tree for safekeeping. The cats prefer medium-size prey like ...

Their threats include loss of habitat and lack of prey ... Predators of the jerboa are the leaf-nosed viper, the trans-Caspian monitor lizard and the sand cat. Geographic Range: Mediterranean Lowlands ...

Sandy beaches are beloved recreational settings, and they are also one of the world’s most endangered ecosystems. Up to 70% ...

The emperor penguin was found on an Australian beach near the coastal town of Denmark, more than 2,200 miles from its ...

SEE: Before and after images/video of this Pacific island, destroyed and restored to be a breeding ground for sea turtles and ...

A sand cat named Simba was treated to a Halloween-themed meal as he ate his lunch from inside a jack-o’-lantern at Zoo Boise in Idaho on October 17. “After discovering the new enrichment, he didn’t ...