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 ...

Ibex are a preferred prey for snow leopards. With snow leopards only hunting every eight to 10 days, one ibex can feed them not only on the day of the hunt, but for several days after. Given the snow ...

For a few fleeting weeks each winter, the famously elusive cats emerge from solitude, calling across the mountains in search of a mate. A snow leopard signals its presence by urinating beside his ...

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 ...

Snow leopards in the Kangchenjunga region regularly cross the borders of Nepal, India, and China in search of suitable habitat, ignoring human-drawn boundaries. Their home ranges are significantly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The ibex survived a massive vertical tumble during the high-stakes snow leopard pursuit. Ibex are the preferred prey for snow ...