A group of travelers in India's Spiti Valley were treated to an incredible sight recently when they came across a beautiful snow leopard sharing the road, the Hindustan Times reported. "While ...

Have you ever wondered what makes a big cat a big cat? How about which one of these fierce felines is the biggest of them all? This big cats size comparison will cover these facts and more – all while ...

A snow leopard walks across a mountainside at Thiksey village on the outskirts of Leh in India's Ladakh region on February 13, 2024. Snow leopards are found in mountainous regions across 12 Asian ...

Big cats are elusive, but the snow leopard, especially so. Locals living alongside the leopards often refer to them as the ‘ghosts of the mountains’ as they are hardly ever seen. The snow leopard ...

The snow leopard (Panthera uncia) is a carnivorous hunter admired for its striking coat of white, yellow, or grey fur with black rosettes. Snow leopards live mainly in the alpine and subalpine ...

One of the most elusive animal species may disappear, researchers said. Survival of snow leopard populations could be "precarious" in the future due to the way the elusive mountain cats have evolved, ...

One of the most powerful recent examples of hyperlocal conservation in the Himalaya is the effort by two sisters from Dolpo, Tshiring Lhamu Lama and Sonam Choekyi Lama, to protect Nepal’s snow ...

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 ...

SXSW: Set deep in the Himalayas, "Snow Leopard Sisters" follows a mentor/mentee relationship that speaks to a larger conflict between herders and the wildlife they must learn to respect. With the ...