A snow leopard who helped preserve her own endangered species has died of age-related ill health, a zoo has said. The big cat, known as Tara, was kept at Lakeland Wildlife Oasis (LWO) near ...

This file photo taken by an infrared camera shows a snow leopard in the Mount Qomolangma reserve area in Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region. [Photo/Qomolangma Snow Leopard Protection ...

Snow leopards, often called the “ghosts of the mountains,” are elusive big cats that roam the high-altitude regions of ...

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 ...

China has completed its first large-scale snow leopard population assessment, which is also the largest-scale snow leopard population survey officially published globally, according to a press ...

See All Key Ideas The Himalayan wolf (Canis lupus chanco) and snow leopard (Panthera uncia) are apex predators in alpine ecosystems. By controlling the numbers of meso-predators and herbivores ...

This is the first time China has completed a major snow leopard population assessment, and it is the largest-scale rare species population survey ever published, according to Xiao Lingyun ...

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.

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 research team reviewed a large number of samples of the common leopard (Panthera pardus) from Europe and Asia. They identified five snow leopard fossils. The records are from China ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency extended its heavy snowfall warning to around Feb. 9, mainly on the Sea of Japan side, after snow covered several municipalities on Feb. 6. More than 60 centimeters ...