May 8, 2025 by News Staff

Effective conservation of threatened species depends on accurate scientific assessment of their occurrence and population status. This information is often...

Jan 15, 2025 by News Staff

The snow leopard (Panthera uncia) is a large feline unique to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and its surrounding areas. How this apex predator gradually adapted...

Nov 23, 2018 by News Staff

The cat tongue is covered in sharp, rear-facing spines called papillae, the precise function of which is a mystery. In a combined experimental and theoretical...

May 12, 2017 by Natali Anderson

There are three different subspecies of the snow leopard (Panthera uncia), the world’s most elusive large big cat, according to a new study published...

Nov 14, 2013 by Natali Anderson

A well-preserved 6 to 4 million-year-old skull of a previously unknown species of prehistoric snow leopard from Tibet is the oldest big cat fossil ever...

Jan 23, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

A team of researchers from the Monash Institute of Medical Research, Australia, has produced embryonic stem-like cells from the tissue of snow leopard. It...