The South China tiger is a sleek cat, averaging about 300 pounds. For the past 2,000 years, the animal has been the subject of Chinese art and literature and revered by many as a symbol of ...

While the South China tiger once roamed a territory 1,200 miles wide, the species was all but eradicated by hunters during the “anti-pest” campaigns of Mao’s Great Leap Forward, ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. At the Wangcheng Zoo in the Chinese province of Henan, four tiger ...

“The South China tiger has to jump over a big barrier to be saved,” she says. “They might not jump. Despite all the effort, they might still go extinct.

Today marks the Chinese New Year for 2010, and the start of the traditional “Year of the Tiger.” The people of China might be celebrating future Years of the Tigers without their native and ...

For conservationists, the news was exceptional. Chinese officials announced last fall that at least one South China tiger, a species not seen in the wild for more than 20 years, still roamed the ...

A South China tiger has been caught on camera by a hunter-turned-farmer, the first confirmed sighting for 30 years of a sub-species experts had feared was extinct in the wild.

BEIJING — A type of tiger thought to be extinct in the wild for more than two decades has been photographed in a mountainous area in northwest China, state media reported Saturday.

With an average life span of 25 years, the South China tiger can be found mainly in the mountain forests south of the Yangtze River. It is the most endangered species in the world.

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Lighting the South China Tiger. Clip: Episode 2 | 3m 22s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Occasionally Joel Sartore's photo shoots require being trapped in a cage, which means he can't set up the ...

The South China Tiger Is Functionally Extinct. This Banker Has 19 of Them Stuart Bray brawls with everyone—including his wife—to save the South China tiger from extinction.