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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Big cats are elusive, but the snow leopard, especially so. Locals living alongside the leopards often refer to them as the ‘ghosts of the mountains’ as they are hardly ever seen. The snow leopard ...

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, ...