While not quite as dramatic as a phoenix rising from the ashes, one wild cat left researchers hopeful after an apparent return from the brink of extinction in Thailand, Smithsonian Magazine reported.

A critically rare wild feline has been spotted in Thailand for the first time since 1995. Flat-headed cats, named for their unique flat foreheads and long skulls, were detected 13 times in 2024 and 16 ...

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Critter spotters are feline good about this one. Biologists were flabbergasted when an elusive animal thought to be extinct was spotted in Thailand — a staggering 30 years after it was last spotted, ...

Conservationists in Thailand are celebrating a surprising discovery. On Dec. 25, Panthera, a global wild cat conservation organization, announced that the endangered flat-headed cat has returned to ...

There are 41 recognized cat species in existence, 34 of which are so-called "small cats." Truly wild-born cats face many challenges to their environments and food supplies that could lead them to ...

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Just because a species is presumed extinct doesn’t mean it’s gone forever. Here are four glowing examples of this unique, and felicitous, phenomenon. Not all species that have been classified as ...