Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. These women work with the local forest department to track and protect the snow leopard species [Devesh Chopra/BBC] In one of ...

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 ...

Populations decreased even in the least disturbed regions, sparking concern about the broader effects of human activity and climate forces.

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 ...