Just in time for the holidays, the Santa Barbara Zoo is welcoming its coolest new resident, Layan (pronounced LAY-in), a 9-year-old male snow leopard, who recently came from Idaho ...

Earlier this year, the release of Nepal’s first robust national estimate of its snow leopard population helped fill in some of these knowledge gaps. The findings indicate a relatively stable ...

“Despite their name, snow leopards are also adapted to thrive during the extreme heat of the summer months,” the Santa ...

Have you ever wondered what makes a big cat a big cat? How about which one of these fierce felines is the biggest of them all? This big cats size comparison will cover these facts and more – all while ...

In zoos and wildlife centers all over the world, scientists maintain breeding programs of endangered animals, sometimes in the hope of reintroducing them into their native spaces and sometimes just to ...

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 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 ...

One of the most elusive animal species may disappear, researchers said. Survival of snow leopard populations could be "precarious" in the future due to the way the elusive mountain cats have evolved, ...

Survival of snow leopard populations could be "precarious" in the future due to the way the elusive mountain cats have evolved, scientists recently discovered. Snow leopards have low genetic diversity ...

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 ...