The big cat, however, was less fortunate - forced to abandon its hunt after the ibex secured a foothold on the steep ledges beyond its reach. Snow leopards live in some of the most extreme habitats in ...

The ibex ran. I swung my rifle on him but held my fire, wondering if he was really the right one. "Shoot again! Shoot again!" my guide chanted. Illustration by Gordon Johnson / Outdoor Life This story ...

Snow leopards also hunt other wild prey, including ibex, game birds and smaller mammals like hares and marmots. To kill prey, snow leopards rely on their powerful hind legs, which allow them to ...

Life reconstruction of the Portuguese snow leopard hunting an Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica). Credit: Jianhao Ye An international team of scientists has identified fossils of snow leopards for the ...

Unsustainable forms of hunting are also causing snow leopards to lose their main prey, ungulates — large mammals with hooves, like the Siberian ibex or argali sheep. What's being done to protect ...

A diverse ecosystem has carved out its existence here. The region is home to the Himalayan ibex, the wolf, the fox, the Himalayan lynx, and of course, the snow leopard. Of these, the ibex is of ...

Experts in wildlife conservation have raised concerns over looming ecological imbalance in Chitral Gol National Park as ...