KATHMANDU — Nepal's first nationwide survey of the threatened snow leopard estimated nearly 400 of the elusive big cats in the Himalayan nation, wildlife officials said on Tuesday. Habitat loss ...

Nepal's first nationwide survey of the threatened snow leopard estimated nearly 400 of the elusive big cats in the Himalayan ...

Nepal's first nationwide survey of the threatened snow leopard estimated nearly 400 of the elusive big cats in the Himalayan nation, wildlife officials said Tuesday. Habitat loss, climate change ...

the endangered predator appears perfectly at ease in its natural habitat, far from human presence. Once hunted ruthlessly for their skins and bones, snow leopards are now on the brink of extinction.

Nepal's first nationwide survey of the threatened snow leopard estimated that there are nearly 400 of the elusive big cats in ...

Habitat loss, climate change and poaching have greatly impacted snow leopard populations across Asia, listed as a "vulnerable" species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

Footage of four, rarely-seen snow leopards clambering up snowy cliffs ... of the mountains," they camouflage easily in their natural habitat of the Karakoram Mountain range in Pakistan's Gilgit ...