Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) biologists are conducting the first population study of the Big Cypress black bears since the 1990s. The data they collect is key to understanding how the population is changing — and what’s needed to secure its future.
Through impactful storytelling, in collaboration with the National Geographic Society and a network of partners, Path of the Panther works to inspire the conservation of the Florida Wildlife Corridor – the land of the Florida Panther needs to survive.
Published by National Geographic, the Path of the Panther book is eight years in the making. Written and photographed by Carlton Ward Jr., each page brings you closer to the endangered Florida panther and its Everglades home.
Drawn in by the haunting specter of the Florida panther, a wildlife photographer, veterinarians, ranchers, conservationists, and indigenous people find themselves on the front lines of an accelerating battle between forces of renewal and destruction that have pushed the Everglades to the brink of ecological collapse.