Artificial light is one of the most ingrained features of modern life. For humans, light after dark offers convenience and a sense of safety. For wildlife, it’s a growing environmental disturbance.

Cape Town, South Africa — The caracal sat on the trail ahead of us, appearing calm as it watched our group of three hikers huff up the lower mountain slope on a warm October evening. Cape Town’s ...

A tourist took a surprising photo of a caracal, a medium-sized cat, fording a river in India. What makes the photo doubly unusual is that India’s caracals aren’t known for swimming — and the cat was ...

Researchers have spent years trapping and tracking the elusive caracal on the edges of the South African city of Cape Town to better understand the needs of these wild cats. Urban caracals have ...