Nepal has released its first consolidated national estimate of snow leopards, placing the population at 397 individuals, after synthesizing multiple studies conducted between 2015 and 2024. Despite ...
The snow leopard prowls across some of Earth’s most inhospitable terrain, blending into rocky cliffs with such perfection that locals call it the ‘ghost of the mountains.’ These magnificent cats ...
Whole genome sequencing has revealed that snow leopards have low genetic diversity because they are rare, and probably always have been. Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia). (Credit: Paul Groom Photography ...
Eve Bohnett receives funding from San Diego State Research Foundation and Wildlife Conservation Society. She is affiliated with University of Florida. Snow leopards are known as the “ghosts of the ...