Panthers have been wearing radio collars for so long that it's part of Florida lore. In the Carl Hiaasen novel Native Tongue, ex-governor-turned-vigilante Skink turns up wearing one.

FWC biologists came by and sedated the panthers, performed health assessments, fitted radio collars on the cats, then relased them after an hour-long workup.

The sales pitch for erecting a detention center for detainees in the heart of the Everglades is the swamp and creatures ...

The commission tracks all kitten births by adult female panthers wearing radio collars, so there may have been other, unrecorded kittens born in 2024. An adult Florida panther. MARK NEWMAN / Getty ...

In 1981, the state began capturing panthers to check their health, administer vaccines, take genetic samples and fit them with radio collars to track them. The panther population at one point in ...

This doesn't necessarily mean these are the only Florida panther kittens born this year; rather, these kittens were born to an adult female panther who wears a radio collar, meaning it was easier ...

Tracking data provided by panthers outfitted with radio tracking collars show since 2016 they have never wandered as far east as Broward County, so a Parkland spotting would be rare.

Florida panther kittens only have a 33% chance of survival. Skip Navigation. ... vaccinate it against any threatening diseases and leave it with a special radio collar that tracks its movements.

The website has been an important tool in documenting Florida panther presence north of the Caloosahatchee River, since few panthers equipped with radio collars have ventured there.

2023 was the first year the endangered state animal of Florida didn’t record new panther litters from adult female panthers wearing radio collars. In 2022 and 2021, only one new litter, both ...

CRAIG PITTMAN: Well, it’s not– you know, they’ve been doing this radio collar thing, you know, chasing the panthers with the dogs, tranquilizing them, and putting the radio collars on them ever since, ...

In 1981, the state began capturing panthers to check their health, administer vaccines, take genetic samples and fit them with radio collars to track them. The panther population at one point in ...