The return of wolves to Nepal’s Himalayan region is putting greater pressure on populations of naur, or blue sheep — and by extension on snow leopards, whose main prey is naur. New research shows that ...

In Ladakh, Himalayan wolves are increasingly breeding with feral dogs, giving rise to a new animal known as khipshang that could injure humans and outcompete other carnivores ...

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 ...

The year 2024 marks significant milestones for snow leopard conservation in Nepal, one of the animal’s 12 range countries. A snow leopard was found roaming the country’s plains and provided a home in ...

India’s first-ever survey of snow leopards has estimated that there are 718 of the big cats living in the country’s six mountainous regions. Evolution is evolving: 13 ways we must rethink the theory ...

Snow leopards or “grey ghosts of the mountains”, one of the world’s most elusive big cats and hard to track, are silently not only surviving but thriving in Jammu and Kashmir, according to findings of ...

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, ...