An animal sanctuary has announced the successful birth of a snow leopard cub after months of dedicated work. The cub, nicknamed “Little Lady”, was born at The Big Cat Sanctuary in Kent on May 10.

Snow leopards, the elusive “ghosts of the mountains,” inhabit some of the world’s most remote and rugged landscapes. With fewer than 10,000 individuals remaining in the wild, catching a glimpse of ...

Almost a decade after the first signs of an elusive big cat were uncovered in a nature reserve in northern India, trail cameras finally caught a glimpse of the so-called " ghost of the mountains." ...

In 2017, the International Union for Conservation of Nature reclassified the snow leopard from endangered to vulnerable, citing estimates of between 2,500 and 10,000 adults in the wild.

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 ...