Snow leopards have spotted white-greyish fur that keeps them well insulated in cold weather – it can be 5cm long on their back and sides and almost 12cm long on their belly. A snow leopard's tail can ...

Domestic cats are famous for their aloof or standoffish behavior, and they aren’t so different from their wild cousins.

Layan explores his new habitat at the Santa Barbara Zoo. (Courtesy photo) Just in time for the holidays, the Santa Barbara Zoo is welcoming its coolest new resident, Layan (pronounced LAY-in), a ...

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 ...

Three snow leopard cubs were born at Zurich Zoo at the beginning of May. After two months, the cubs are now starting to ...

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 ...

High in the Himalayas, the elusive snow leopard, a master of camouflage, faces grave threats. Its mountain home is fractured ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A snow leopard walks across a mountainside at Thiksey village on the outskirts of Leh in India's Ladakh region on February 13, ...

(Refiles story that moved at 0000GMT) By Jonathon Burch KABUL, June 27 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's snow leopards have barely survived three decades of war. But now the few remaining mountain leopards ...