The flat-headed cat has long been feared extinct in the tropical kingdom, where it inhabits peatlands, mangrove forests, and marshes

The happy news was confirmed by a survey from Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation, and Panthera Thailand, a global wild cat conservation organization, according to a statement emailed to Popular Science .

By Sean Mowbray Flat-headed cats haven’t gone extinct in Thailand after all. A population is clinging on in the peat swamp forests of Princess Sirindhorn Wildlife Sanctuary, in the country’s south, after eluding detection for nearly three decades.

On December 10, 2025, in Phetchaburi, Thailand, @rid_pk shared a video capturing an unexpected wildlife encounter at Kaeng Krachan National Park. In the video, a wild sun bear is seen walking around an area frequented by hikers in search of food,

Thailand confirmed presence of the flat-headed cat, one of the world's rarest and most endangered wild cats, in a protected peat swamp forest in the country's far south

F lat-headed cats have been successfully detected and filmed in southern Thailand for the first time in almost 30 years. One of the world’s rarest cats, it was last documented here back in 1995, leading some to believe it was “possibly extinct”. However, conservationists thought otherwise.

Authorities in Thailand said Friday military personnel rescued malnourished wild animals from a casino in Cambodia as deadly border clashes between the two countries continue.

The presence of this rare cat is revealed after a camera trap recorded it for the first time since 1995 in Thailand. It's classified as likely extinct

Thai wildlife officials have announced a plan to resolve a decade-long conflict between humans and monkeys in Lopburi, a central Thai city. The monkeys, a local cultural symbol and tourist attraction, have caused dangerous encounters, including injuries to ...

An elusive wild cat long feared extinct in Thailand has been rediscovered three decades after the last recorded sighting, conservation authorities and an NGO said Friday.

BANGKOKBANGKOK — Forest rangers in western Thailand are searching a remote jungle on the Myanmar border hoping to rescue a wild tiger with a missing leg from an area where poachers have recently been operating. Staff from the wildlife protection ...