Every year, International Snow Leopard Day celebrates one of the most mysterious and majestic creatures roaming the icy peaks of Central and South Asia, the snow leopard. Known as the Ghost of the ...

In November 2023, at 4 a.m., four snow leopards made their way into Mingmar Gurung’s livestock corral in Dhakmar village, Mustang district, Nepal. Hearing the goats’ commotion so early in the morning, ...

Sandro Lovari has led research expeditions on large mammals in Nepal and around the world for 50 years. He has been associated with the University of Cambridge UK, University of Groningen, Stockholm ...

Nepal's first nationwide survey of the threatened snow leopard estimated nearly 400 of the elusive big cats in the Himalayan nation, wildlife officials said Tuesday. Habitat loss, climate change and ...

Camera trapping image during the study. Most of India’s snow leopard population live in a remote region in the north of the country, where they co-exist alongside rural communities, according to a ...

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 ...

Nepal’s new snow leopard conservation plan for 2024-2030 marks a shift in focus from research and monitoring to community engagement and conflict resolution. The plan has a significantly increased ...

The first scientific estimate of snow leopards, setting the stage for long-term monitoring of the species, reveals that 718 big cats roam the ice-capped mountains of the Indian Himalaya. The Wildlife ...