Using 20 ear muscles, caracals scan for prey and rotate their ears 180 degrees to hear even the slightest rustle.

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — A wild cat that's native to Africa and parts of Asia has been captured after roaming around a Chicago suburb. Authorities used a pole with a cord on the end to lasso and cage ...

Caracals are incredibly beautiful and majestic creatures, but as wild cats, they're often misunderstood by exotic pet lovers who don't respect their true nature. Caracals are powerful hunters that don ...

An endangered wild cat spotted wandering through Hoffman Estates in recent days was captured by police Tuesday morning and soon will be on its way to an animal sanctuary in Wisconsin. The caracal, a ...

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (WLS) -- A rare, endangered large cat was captured after being reported on the loose in the north suburbs. Hoffman Estates police captured the caracal at a home after several ...

Editor's Note: The caracal was captured around 12 p.m. Tuesday. An updated story can be found here. Our original story continues below. Police in the Northwest suburbs issued a statement Tuesday ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --A wild cat that had been roaming the northwest suburbs for at least a few days is no longer on the prowl. Animal control officers captured the caracal in Hoffman Estates on Tuesday, ...

An endangered big cat somehow wound up in an Illinois suburb. For several days, authorities were getting calls about a large feline-like creature stalking through Hoffman Estates, a village about an ...

Oct. 16 (UPI) --An exotic caracal cat seen wandering loose in a Chicago suburb for the past few days was safely captured by animal control officers, authorities said. The Hoffman Estates Police ...

Attention residents of the Northwest suburbs: A caracal that had recently been on the loose in a neighborhood has officially been captured, nearly 24 hours after officials warned residents of the ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --A caracal is something you might expect to see on a safari in central or southern Africa, not in Chicago's northwest suburbs. But Hoffman Estates police said one of the exotic cats has ...