{"id":403328,"date":"2026-09-18T07:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T07:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/403328\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T07:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T07:08:08","slug":"trail-camera-captures-promising-signs-of-an-expanding-florida-panther-population","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/403328\/","title":{"rendered":"Trail camera captures promising signs of an expanding Florida panther population"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New footage of rare Florida panthers is a promising sign that the endangered species might be getting more of a foothold.<\/p>\n<p>The video, captured by a trail camera, shows a mother and three young cubs at a nature reserve in Fort Myers. That&#8217;s further north of where the endangered cats are usually seen in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Experts say it&#8217;s a positive sign that they&#8217;re expanding their breeding range, which could help the panther population recover. Florida has spent decades trying to protect its panthers, primarily from encounters with cars and from a shrinking natural habitat, which has been reduced by about 95% from its original expanse.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED STORY | <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scrippsnews.com\/science-and-tech\/animals-and-insects\/worlds-most-endangered-tigers-born-in-greece-as-zoos-build-a-safety-net\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">World&#8217;s most endangered tigers born in Greece as zoos build a safety net<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Florida panthers are an isolated population of the North American cougar, a species of large, solitary wild cats that range mostly in western North America and most of South America. There are thought to be some 200 individuals living in southern Florida.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New footage of rare Florida panthers is a promising sign that the endangered species might be getting more&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403329,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-403328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}