The South African government on Friday granted annual hunting and export permits for dozens of big game, including 10 critically endangered black rhino and a similar number of leopards.

Though appearing similar with their golden coats and rosette spots, jaguars and leopards are distinct big cats. Jaguars ...

Four rival families - leopards, hyena, wild dogs and lions - all fight to claim a remote Zambian paradise as their home. Who ...

Cheetahs are the world’s fastest land animals, hitting 112 km/h. They use their long legs and thin bodies to make them perfect hunters of open plains. Leopards are clandestine climbers that attack ...

Like other big cats, the leopard is endangered across West Africa. Yet in Ivory Coast's Comoe National Park, the famously ...

Holidays to shoot endangered leopards are being sold online for up to £116,000, The Independent can reveal – while a long-promised UK ban on trophy hunt imports remains stalled. Big-game tour ...