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 ...

The researchers concluded that the snow leopards found outside the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau are not an independent lineage but rather comprise small offshoots from the main snow leopard branch.

The study, published in Science Advances, suggests that snow leopards prefer rocky terrain and cold climates over high altitudes. These data may help to ensure the protection of this iconic animal ...

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 ...

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

China has completed its first large-scale snow leopard population assessment ... both within and outside protected areas. It would also be beneficial to clarifying whether this study focused ...

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, over 2,000 meters above ...

The researchers analyzed five snow leopard fossil records from locations outside the plateau including Beijing, Gansu province, France and Portugal. By combining DNA sequences with morphological ...

Bageshwar: In a significant step to shed light on the population of snow leopards, their habitats, and the impact of climate change on their behaviour, the Bageshwar forest department has launched ...

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.

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 ...