Though once thriving in the U.S., jaguars now call the landscapes of Mexico their northernmost territory. Unfortunately, residents continue to view them as a threat to livestock. Since 2007, a U.S.

One of the crushing realities of being a cat lover is realizing that not every kitten can be cuddled. Don't worry; normal domestic cats are fair game, so long as they want to be held and aren't ...

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 ...

Just in time for the holidays, a new feline has landed at the Santa Barbara Zoo. Layan (pronounced LAY-in), a 9-year-old male snow leopard, has arrived from the Idaho Falls Zoo. The arrival is part of ...

SACRAMENTO — The Sacramento Zoo's beloved snow leopard will soon be leaving for a new home after spending more than a decade at the zoo. The 13-year-old big cat named Blizzard first came to the zoo ...

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 ...

Whole genome sequencing has revealed that snow leopards have low genetic diversity because they are rare, and probably always have been. Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia). (Credit: Paul Groom Photography ...

For a few fleeting weeks each winter, the famously elusive cats emerge from solitude, calling across the mountains in search of a mate. A snow leopard signals its presence by urinating beside his ...

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 ...