Why it's awesome: Not all predatory wildcats roar; a small feline called the jaguarundi uses at least 13 calls, including purring, whistling and chirping like a bird. Native to the Americas, ...

The jaguarundi is a wild cat that occupies a broad range of habitat in the Americas from the scrublands of the borderlands between the U.S, and Mexico through every major ecoregion of Brazil and into ...

At first glance, the jaguarundi doesn’t look quite like your typical wild cat. With its long body, short legs, and sleek coat, it’s often compared to an otter more than a feline. Native to Central and ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi) is a little-known small felid with a range extending from northern Argentina to Mexico. The last ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. This week’s endangered animal is the somewhat strange-looking jaguarundi. The ...

Jim Schroeder rounded a bend in the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge this September, the side of his pickup brushing past high grasses emerging from the dense South Texas thickets. Schroeder’s sister, ...

Easing back on the throttle as the boat approached a cabin on an island in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta, I saw a most unexpected thing. There, up on its hind legs so that it could peer over the edge of the ...