Listen as a female Florida panther in heat screams for a male mate. A hunter, Tom Taylor, captured the video in March 2025 in Collier County, Florida.

Local retiree Tom Mortenson has been tracking panthers with game camera for years, placing the "traps" in areas that panthers are known to frequent.

Panther kittens begin to accompany their moms on hunting trips at about 2 months old, and they start slowly learning to hunt until they can make small kills at about 9 months of age, researchers said.

A hunter in Collier County, Florida, captured footage of a female Florida panther calling for a mate. The video captures the endangered panther's vocalizations, which are rarely heard in the wild.