Life reconstruction of the Portuguese snow leopard hunting an Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica). Credit: Jiangzuo et al., 2025. A new study uncovers an unexpected member of the species’ evolutionary ...

Snow Leopard stalking prey. Image by actionsports via Depositphotos. Snow leopards are carnivores and primarily prey on blue sheep, Argali wild sheep, ibex, marmots, and small mammals. They are also ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

An international team of scientists has identified fossils of snow leopards for the first time, in a research published in Science Advances. The discovery has allowed them to trace the evolutionary ...

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 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 snow leopard (Panthera uncia) is a large feline unique to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and its surrounding areas. How this apex predator gradually adapted to the extreme environments remains ...

They found that snow leopards differ from their common relatives in many ways. Common leopards are built to hunt agile, fast-moving prey in partially forested regions, while snow leopards evolved ...