The findings represent Nepal’s contribution to the Population Assessment of the World’s Snow Leopards (PAWS), which is a global effort to collate standardised and robust population assessments from ...

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 ...

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 ...

More than a billion people rely on ecosystems tied to snow leopard habitat, making their survival a bellwether for both biodiversity and human resilience. The snow leopard has been called the “ghost ...

Camera trapping image during the study. Most of India’s snow leopard population live in a remote region in the north of the country, where they co-exist alongside rural communities, according to a ...

According to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) India, the country is home to only 450-500 snow leopards. These elusive and ...

From snow leopard populations revitalising in Nepal to seagrass meadows in Spain, discover how the world is conserving its habitats and wildlife in ...

In the icy wilderness areas of High Asia, snow leopards glide like shadows across the snows as the haunting howls of Himalayan wolves echo across the crags. In Nepal, high mountain dwellers have ...

Uttarakhand's Snow Leopard Tour will have strict protocols, ensuring that the endangered species are protected and the ecological balance is respected and preserved.

GOD'S PETS: High altitude photographer and conservationist Tashi R Ghale captured this shot of a snow leopard watching him from a crag in Manang. Photo: TASHI R GHALE They are rare, they are elusive ...

Nepal’s new snow leopard conservation plan for 2024-2030 marks a shift in focus from research and monitoring to community engagement and conflict resolution. The plan has a significantly increased ...

The snow leopard (Panthera uncia) is a large feline unique to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and its surrounding areas. As the apex predator in the region, the snow leopard plays a crucial role in ...