Abhinav Chandel dreamed of capturing footage of snow leopards, the "ghosts of the Himalayas," and thanks to a lot of patience, he got it. The post Eight Hours in the Snow Results in ‘Dream’ Snow ...

Layan explores his new habitat at the Santa Barbara Zoo. (Courtesy photo) Just in time for the holidays, the Santa Barbara Zoo is welcoming its coolest new resident, Layan (pronounced LAY-in), a ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Snow leopards are hard to find and count, which makes protecting them difficult. zahoor salmi/Moment via Getty Images Snow ...

The women brave biting cold to count and conserve a predator once seen as a threat in their villages.

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 ...

Sandro Lovari has led research expeditions on large mammals in Nepal and around the world for 50 years. He has been associated with the University of Cambridge UK, University of Groningen, Stockholm ...

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 ...

Snow leopards in the Kangchenjunga region regularly cross the borders of Nepal, India, and China in search of suitable habitat, ignoring human-drawn boundaries. Their home ranges are significantly ...

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 ...