Snow leopards are among the most elusive big cats, perfectly adapted to their rugged, mountainous habitats in Central and ...

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 ...

The album, published last year, has a collection of his excellent photos on wildlife on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, including more than 100 snow leopards. "Luo Xiaoyun, his superb photographs and new ...

Snow leopards, which live in central Asia, can survive in rugged mountains that are more than 9,800 feet tall. These cold, snowy, steep environments can be a hard place to survive. So snow ...

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 ...

Although snow leopards cause greater livestock losses than Himalayan wolves, human communities generally show greater tolerance and acceptance toward snow leopards. This ‘predator paradox ...

A snow leopard who helped preserve her own endangered species has died of age-related ill health, a zoo has said. The big cat, known as Tara, was kept at Lakeland Wildlife Oasis (LWO) near ...

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 ...

More information: Qigao Jiangzuo et al, Insights on the evolution and adaptation towards high altitude and cold environments in the snow leopard lineage, Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126 ...

"Luo Xiaoyun, his superb photographs and new information about the life of snow leopards raise our knowledge about the species to a unique new and high level," wrote Luo's idol and renowned ...