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 ...

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 ...

Snow leopards (Panthera uncia) are in serious danger of extinction, with only about 4,000 specimens remaining. They are medium to large felids that live at high altitudes, over 2,000 meters above ...

China has completed its first large-scale snow leopard population assessment, which is also the largest-scale snow leopard population survey officially published globally, according to a press ...

Activists in a nature reserve in central Kyrgyzstan have reintroduced elk in a bid to restore the local ecosystem and preserve snow leopards, who traditionally feed on the elk. Thirty elk from the ...

Chinese researchers conducted the world's largest survey and discovered an estimated population size of 1,002 snow leopards on the Tibetan Plateau. The survey, conducted between 2015 and 2021 ...

This is the rare moment when elusive snow leopards can be seen and heard making loud mating calls. Footage shows what appear to be several different snow leopards emitting loud meows that almost ...

A rare and deadly winter storm descended across the southern U.S. on Tuesday, leaving some record-setting snow totals and halting travel for millions of Americans in Louisiana, Texas and Florida.

A winter storm will drop snow from Houston, Texas to New Orleans, Louisiana as an arctic air mass extends a historically cold January. Snow, sleet and freezing rain are set to fall across parts of ...

In another habitat, a leopard is seen strutting in the snow. Other animals prefer to stay inside and snuggle up in their cozy habitats. "Every animal has a care team dedicated to knowing what each ...

By 5:30 p.m. CT, and with snow still falling heavily, the National Weather Service reported 5 inches of snow at the airport in Pensacola, breaking the 3-inch record set in 1895. As it was still ...