The researchers analyzed five snow leopard fossil records from locations outside the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, including Beijing, northwest China's Gansu Province, France, and Portugal, some dating back ...

For the first time, a team of researchers has identified the fossils of snow leopards. The discovery has helped them trace the evolutionary history of the species and hypothesize how it went from ...

Fossils of snow leopards’ cousins have been found in Portugal, a European country on the Atlantic Coast, more than 5,500 ...

A puzzle fan has invited social media users to take part in a brainteaser that involves finding a snow leopard hiding in a photo of some snowy rocks, but it's proving to be more difficult than ...

The snow leopard (Panthera uncia) is a large feline unique to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and its surrounding areas. As the apex predator in the region, the snow leopard plays a crucial role in ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new study uncovers an unexpected member of the species' evolutionary lineage in Portugal, challenging conventional assumptions about its habitat preferences. An international team of scientists has ...

Snow leopards, which live in central Asia, can survive in rugged mountains that are more than 9,800 feet tall. These cold, snowy, steep environments can be a hard place to survive. So snow ...

BEIJING -- An international research team has revealed the snow leopard's unique evolutionary path by studying rare snow leopard fossils discovered across the Eurasian continent. The study ...