Snow leopards are among the most elusive big cats, perfectly adapted to their rugged, mountainous habitats in Central and ...

Contemporary snow leopards are rare — and fossils of their ancient ancestors are even more scarce. Researchers have now identified and examined million-year-old bones of the big cat and have come to ...

Lions currently occupy 10% of their historical range with less than 20,000 left in the wild. Snow leopards are classified as ‘vulnerable’ with a worldwide population potentially as low as 4,000 ...

XINING -- Chinese researchers have surveyed snow leopard populations across an area of approximately 360,000 square km on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, estimating a population size of 1,002 of the ...

Snow leopards (Panthera uncia) are in serious danger of extinction, with only about 4,000 specimens remaining. They are medium to large felids that live at high altitudes, more than 2,000 meters ...

"Snow Leopard Summer" won a highly commended award in the Animals in their Environment category of the 2021 Wildlife Photographer of the Year. LUO XIAOYUN/FOR CHINA DAILY Since deciding to focus ...

A month after the devastating earth quake conservationists in Nepal announced that they had successfully collared a snow leopard. Kathmandu, Nepal – Little over one month after a devastating ...