South Africa’s Cape Floristic Region hides a leopard so unlike its African relatives that scientists now question whether it ...

A hidden population of South African leopards has revealed a remarkable evolutionary story. Researchers analyzing entire ...

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 ...

Inbreeding and the health and reproductive issues that come with are causing leopards to be more vulnerable to extinction the study found Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been ...

The raised paws, open mouths, and locked body positions make this scene feel like a tense moment between two black leopards.

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 ...

Leopards are survivors. Despite a changing world, the leopard has been able to maintain a surprisingly large population, especially in comparison to other big cats. While nobody knows the exact number ...

After 10 months of camera surveillance in the Tanzanian rainforest, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have become the first to conclude that female and male leopards are active at very ...

The Cape May County Park and Zoo is mourning the passing of two visitor favorites, snow leopards Maliha and Bataar, who ...