A snow leopard signals its presence by urinating beside his trail. These scent markings aren't just territorial, they carry information about a male's size, health, and readiness to mate. Steve Winter ...

International Leopard Day highlights a widely overlooked predator, its global range, and why protection is needed to secure ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A snow leopard walks across a mountainside at Thiksey village on the outskirts of Leh in India's Ladakh region on February 13, ...

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 ...

Do you know which big cat is the biggest? The answer might surprise you! 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?

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 ...