Pexels There is no denying that the snow leopard is an iconic creature. These mountain dwellers, with 12cm thick fur and a ...

Snow leopards are no longer an endangered species; they’re now considered “vulnerable” to extinction. But scientists caution that the big cats are not out of danger, facing threats ranging ...

The Snow Leopard Trust, which aims to protect the big cat through community projects, strongly opposes the status change. It plans to challenge the decision with the IUCN.

The snow leopard first joined the Red List in 1972, but the species' numbers have stabilized over the last four-plus decades. In order for a species to be considered endangered, there must be less ...

Snow leopards have been taken off the endangered list and have been categorised as “vulnerable”.. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the global standard for assessing ...

The elusive snow leopards of the high Himalayas have been listed as Endangered for the past 25 years on the authoritative Red List of Threatened Species kept by the International Union for the ...

Snow leopards are no longer on the verge of extinction, a new assessment found. However, the situation is looking dire for five species of ash trees, now listed as "critically endangered." ...

There are only 4,000 to 6,500 snow leopards in the wild, according to the World Wildlife Federation, and just 90 Amur leopards. Naphisa and Ramil are the zoo’s only snow leopards.

BANGKOK (AP) -- The elusive snow leopard -- long considered endangered -- has been upgraded to "vulnerable," though conservations warned the new classification does not mean they are safe. The ...

"We are exceptionally proud to announce the birth of a snow leopard cub to Laila and Yarko at The Big Cat Sanctuary as part of the European Endangered Species Breeding Programme," Lynn Whitnall, a ...

To be considered endangered there have to be fewer than 2,500 mature adult snow leopards in the wild, but experts now believe their true number may be around 4,000 with some saying it could be as ...

A second snow leopard has tested positive for COVID-19 at the San Diego Zoo, just days after an earlier case, the organization told the Union-Tribune on Thursday. Zoo staff tested stool samples ...