The uploader wrote: "24 camera traps were out in the open for around 8000 hours filming the elusive snow leopards." The post ...

Ladakh’s plan to create a dedicated snow leopard conservation society points to a more locally grounded future for one of ...

Himachal Pradesh: When Lobzang Yangchen first joined a wildlife monitoring team in her village two years ago, she had never touched a computer. Today, the 31-year-old mother of two daughters leads an ...

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

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 ...

In the summer of 2018, on the very first trip to Dolpo, I saw a wild snow leopard as it cat-walked along a slope before vanishing into the icy vastness of the Himalaya. Our team was there to learn ...

Cats may not know Scarborough Fair, but felids such as alpine cats—both in the wild and in captivity—do eat plants despite their classification as carnivores. In particular, Panthera uncia—or snow ...

A committee of experts is combining various studies across different times and regions to estimate Nepal’s snow leopard population for the first time using new standards. Past studies varied in their ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Common leopards in Nepal face unprecedented threats, often making headlines for attacking people and livestock, leading to instances where local ...

There are relatively few snow leopards in the world, and it has likely been that way for a long time, a new study indicates. This situation increases their risk of extinction in a changing environment ...