It inspired us to launch National Geographic's Big Cats Initiative (BCI) as an effort to save these top predators. Big cats are keystone species that support the African and Asian ecosystems.

Over the past five years 40,000 individuals have supported National Geographic’s work to help communities around the world understand, protect, and live with big cats. Our Big Cats Initiative ...

National Geographic’s Big Cats Initiative is dedicated to halting the decline of wild felines around the world. To learn more about the projects we support, visit causeanuproar.org. Nat Geo WILD ...

The National Geographic Society’s Big Cats Initiative supports scientists and conservationists working to save big cats in the wild. Learn more at NatGeoBigCats.org.

A feature article in the December 2019 issue of National Geographic takes a hard look at the captive big cat problem in the United States. The article, replete with moving photos, examines how ...

This story appears in the March 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. (Update: Big cats can protect humans from the rise of future pandemics. See more in National Geographic News.) ...

This story appears in the November 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine ... cheetahs are the most vulnerable of the world’s big cats, surprisingly rare and growing steadily rarer.

National Geographic’s Big Cats Initiative is dedicated to halting the decline of wild felines around the world. Learn more at causeanuproar.org.

This story appears in the October 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. For those who’ve long wondered if their cats regard them merely as kibble dispensers, a report in the journal ...

National Geographic Photographer and Explorer Filipe ... identify these tracks as coyote tracks, since unlike the big cats that also roam Big Bend, coyotes walk with their claws extended.