While liger and tigons are the most famous of the big-cat hybrids, there have been other cases of interbreeding between the four big cats4 with mixed results.

A cross between a male lion and a female tiger, ligers are the largest big cats on Earth, reaching up to 12 feet. A tigon is ...

Explore 10 fascinating hybrid animals created by humans, from the colossal liger to the playful Savannah cat. Discover these ...

In nature, when two animals of the same species mate, their offspring inherit half of their genes from each parent. This ...

To create a liger, a male lion must mate with a female tiger. On the other hand, a male tiger must mate with a female lion to ...

After 12 years of broadcast, Big Cat went live! An unprecedented three weeks of live webcasting meant that you could follow the fortunes of Africa's biggest predators and their prey 24-hours a day.

Despite our fascination with them, the number of big cats in the wild is declining. Lions currently occupy 10% of their historical range with less than 20,000 left in the wild. Snow leopards are ...

Premieres Wednesdays Sept. 18 - Oct. 16, 2024 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app BIG CATS 24/7, a new-six part series, will transport you to Botswana’s wild Okavango Delta where a team of local and ...

Domesticated housecats are declawed to prevent them from clawing furniture or people, whereas big cats, such as lions and tigers that are kept in captivity are declawed (usually as kittens ...

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