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 ...

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 ...

In May 2020, a Tibetan official from a township in Shiqu told Lyu that he had captured images of four snow leopards in an isolated valley, and Lyu relayed the news to Luo. Luo went to Shiqu again.

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 ...

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

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 ...