They found that snow leopards differ from their common relatives in many ways. Common leopards are built to hunt agile, fast-moving prey in partially forested regions, while snow leopards evolved ...

These adaptations include large teeth, a massive skull, powerful paws, and a long tail for maintaining balance, which allowed snow leopards to hunt large animals such as mountain goats and survive ...

This was a stark contrast with what I had always previously understood – that locals did not get on with snow leopards, as they hunt their livestock which graze freely on the rangelands.

Donglin Zhou (China) witnesses the drama of a snow leopard hunting a Pallas’s cat. When the snow leopard sprang into action, Donglin assumed it was in pursuit of a marmot, not seeing, at first, the ...

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 ...

The study highlights the unique traits that set snow leopards apart from their more common cousins. While common leopards are built to hunt swift and agile prey in partially forested habitats ...

Snow leopards are a vulnerable species. However, the illegalisation of firearms in China in 1989, along with hunting bans in key provinces, seems to be helping stabilise population numbers. Discover ...

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.