Often called the "ghosts of the mountains," the elusive snow leopard is one of the most mysterious ... Their coat is usually a pale gray or creamy color, with black rosettes that offer camouflage ...

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 ...

In the study now published, researchers reviewed a large amount of samples assigned to the common leopard (Panthera pardus) from Europe and Asia and for the first time identified five snow leopard ...

The skull of the leopard of Algar da Manga Larga, deposited at the Geological Museum of Lisbon. Credit: Darío Estraviz-López, 2019 Differences in the skulls of leopards and snow leopards.