New threat looms for snow leopards: infection
As if snow leopards didn't have enough to deal with.
Tag: Snow leopard
Hundreds of snow leopards are being killed every year, and that’s unacceptable
One of the most beautiful big cats is dying out -- because of us.
2015 is the year of the Snow Leopard, but what do we know about this magnificent hunter?
For millennia, they've been the uncontested kings of the mountains, killing things up to three times bigger than them. One ...
Oldest “big cat” fossil discovered is four millions years old
An extraordinarily well preserved Panthera blytheae skull. Paleontologists have unearthed skull fragments in Tibet belonging to an ancient "big cat" ...
Buddhist Monks step in to protect Snow Leopards
It's currently estimated that only 4,510 to 7,350 snow leopards remain in the wild - though estimates rely on outdated ...
Snow leopard mother and cub den caught for first time on tape [VIDEOS]
Magnificently beautiful, the elusive snow leopard is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central Asia. Adapted to living ...
Rare, beautiful snow leopard caught on tape
Unaware of the camera, the elusive animal walks right by while an adult female and a young snow leopard walk ...
New Andean cat population discovered
The Andean cat (Leopardus jacobita) is an extraordinary elusive creature, being relatively small, well camuflaged and incredibly hard to find ...
