Fossils of snow leopards’ cousins have been found in Portugal, a European country on the Atlantic Coast, more than 5,500 ...

A new study uncovers an unexpected member of the species' evolutionary lineage in Portugal, challenging conventional assumptions about its habitat preferences. An international team of scientists has ...

Since deciding to focus on capturing wildlife on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, particularly the elusive snow leopard, amateur ...

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 ...

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.

"This survey has confirmed the feasibility of large-scale rare species population estimation, providing crucial data support and scientific basis for the global conservation efforts of the snow ...

"Snow Leopard Summer" won a highly commended award in the Animals in their Environment category of the 2021 Wildlife Photographer of the Year. LUO XIAOYUN/FOR CHINA DAILY Since deciding to focus ...

A snow leopard kills a blue sheep in Shiqu. LUO XIAOYUN/FOR CHINA DAILY In June 2018, Luo joined Lyu in Shiqu along with three Tibetan assistants. They ventured to a desolate mountain ridge at an ...

XINING — Chinese researchers have surveyed snow leopard populations across approximately 360,000 square kilometers on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, estimating a population size of 1,002 of the rare ...