Snow leopards, known as the "Ghosts of the Himalayas," are one of the most elusive big cats in the world. Hidden among the ...

They also have large cheek teeth to help them eat prey after the meat freezes in the cold weather. For camouflage, snow leopards have long white fur coats. The big cats’ relatives didn’t ...

Activists in a nature reserve in central Kyrgyzstan have reintroduced elk in a bid to restore the local ecosystem and preserve snow leopards, who traditionally feed on the elk. Thirty elk from the ...

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 are in danger, facing increasing threats. The wild mountain sheep and goats that they prey on are declining in some parts of the snow leopard range too, because of competition for ...

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 ...

Although snow leopards cause greater livestock losses than Himalayan wolves, human communities generally show greater tolerance and acceptance toward snow leopards. This ‘predator paradox ...