Snow leopard with cub at Darjeeling Zoo. Photo Darjeeling Zoo. The Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park in Darjeeling, northern India has launched a two year project to research the nocturnal behavior of its snow leopards by keeping the animal under infra-red camera surveillance. The zoo, which has had a successful breeding program for many years, currently has six female and five male snow leopards. The most recent births were 3 cubs...

10th cat to be collared on amazing Snow Leopard Trust Mongolia project is female. Photo SLT. The Snow Leopard Trust project in Mongolia has collared a tenth snow leopard and this time it’s a female which is great as the others have been male. Read about this amazing project, truly a world first in the number of cats collared and the huge amount of data being collected. Follow the cats on the Trust’s blog. ...

Spiti Valley north India, soon to have Snow Leopard research centre. Just a few days ago I wrote about the likely Snow Leopard Research Centre in Spiti Valley in northern India going ahead. Turns out there has just been a sighting of two snow leopards in that region. In the past there’s only been indirect evidence of the cats like pictures in trap cameras but this time  “the team saw two snow leopards who were in a playful mood and...

Mir Ayoob Ali Khan, TNN, May 24, 2010, 04.45am IST HYDERABAD: The Critical Tiger Habitat (CTH) in the Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve (NSTR) now has a twin. Though developed at different times, it was discovered recently that Gundla Brahmeswara Wildlife Sanctuary (GBMWS), in fact, is a conjoined twin of the famous NSTR. Hence, the government came up with a declaration that GBM should actually be considered the extended core of the...