How to Use Florida panther in a Sentence

Florida panther

noun
  • This site is part of a key hot spot for crashes with traveling black bears and Florida panthers.
    — Noël Fletcher, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Let Florida panthers resume roaming by night in one of the last swaths of wilderness left to them.
    — Eve Samples, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2026
  • An endangered Florida panther kitten was killed in a fight with a member of its own species.
    — Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The park also recently added two young Florida panthers to its wild cat habitat.
    — Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Large mammals such as the Florida panther and black bear literally need room to roam in order to hunt, breed and thrive.
    — Reed Frederick Noss, The Conversation, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Keep your eyes open for manatees, crocodiles, or even a Florida panther.
    — Josh Laskin, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Breeding with Texas cougars saved the Florida panther from extinction and even led to a baby boom.
    — Discover Magazine, 11 Feb. 2020
  • An endangered Florida panther was hit and killed by a freight train in the state's southern region, officials said.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Most people know of manatees and Florida panthers.
    — Eve Bohnett, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Two rare Florida panthers were found dead from vehicle collisions a day apart, marking 14 deaths for the species this year.
    — Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Jerry Miller, the ranger who helped lead the wagon tour, has also captured rare footage of a Florida panther at the border of Duette.
    — Ryan Ballogg, Miami Herald, 29 Feb. 2024
  • After the Challenger tag, plates were created to save manatees and the Florida panther.
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2026
  • The corridor allows crucial wildlife such as Florida panthers, black bear and deer to travel and avoid inbreeding due to isolation.
    — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2023
  • As a result, the mountain lion dating pool has become perilously small—something like what happened with the Florida panther.
    — Craig Pittman, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2021
  • There are, of course, manatees, as well as other local species, including the endangered Florida panther, red wolf, and whooping crane.
    — Ally Jaksen, Outside, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Keep an eye out for whooping cranes, endangered Florida panthers, black bears, bobcats, alligators, red wolves, and manatees, which can be seen here all year long.
    — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 4 June 2023
  • What do nine Hawaiian snails have in common with the Texas longhorn, the Florida panther and the California grizzly bear?
    — Maddie Bender, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Only one in three Florida panthers makes it to their first birthday, so this litter has the same uphill battle to face as FP269’s last one.
    — Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 19 Mar. 2025
  • That 17% includes iconic species such as the red wolf, American crocodile, Florida panther and grizzly bear.
    — Karrigan Börk, The Conversation, 13 May 2025
  • Crocodiles and alligators, the Florida panther, manatees, and a vast number of flora, fauna, and invasive species of all sorts call the place home.
    — Outside Online, 13 May 2019
  • The Florida panther is making a modest comeback, but it’s constrained by human presence in the Everglades; last year, some twenty-five panthers were killed by cars.
    — Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
  • Two rare Florida panther kittens that appear to be siblings were killed together by vehicle strikes outside a Naples subdivision.
    — Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Keep an eye out for whooping cranes, endangered Florida panthers, black bears, bobcats, alligators, and red wolves within the roughly 200 acre-park.
    — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2026
  • From alligators to flamingos to the elusive Florida panther, the entire peninsula is teeming with all sorts of fascinating flora and fauna, many of which are found nowhere else on earth.
    — Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 30 Jan. 2022
  • Southern California’s pumas are sometimes likened to the Florida panther, which teetered on the edge of extinction in the mid-1990s.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Vehicle strikes are the leading cause of death for Florida panthers, but juveniles are at even higher risk of getting hit, according to the FWC.
    — Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
  • An intact corridor helps species such as the Florida black bear, and potentially the endangered Florida panther, move between habitats.
    — Sarah Lockhart, The Conversation, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Florida hosts a smaller population of the endangered Florida panther.
    — Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The iconic Florida panther, with about 200 animals remaining.
    — David Schechter, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2024
  • The area is filled with natural wonders of fauna—manatees, leatherback turtles, Florida panthers, alligators, and crocodiles are among the hundreds of animal species present in the park.
    — Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 18 July 2023

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