Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Survival of snow leopard populations could be "precarious" in the future due to the way the elusive mountain cats have evolved, ...

A comprehensive study of a key mountain predator in Pakistan revealed troubling details about the species' population and long-term viability. The Snow Leopard Foundation of Pakistan carried out a ...

For a few fleeting weeks each winter, the famously elusive cats emerge from solitude, calling across the mountains in search of a mate.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...