Updated February 2026. When are snow leopards old enough to breed? Based on data available from the wild, it appears that female snow leopards are ready to have their own cubs by age 3 or 4. Male snow leopards are likely sexually mature by age 2 or 3 but …
Our GPS collars work on a simple principle: they collect approximately 20 months of location data, then automatically drop off for retrieval. The result? Our research teams can gather precise data about the movement, ecology, and behavior of these elusive …
Decoding the first weeks of life: New data from snow leopard dens Last summer, our research team made history with two extraordinary visits to snow leopard dens, documenting five healthy cubs. These events are exceptionally rare; over nearly two decades of …
Here, life is shaped by the mountains, and generations of families have lived in harmony with the land and its wildlife. One of the area’s most treasured crafts is yak fiber doormats, and the skills to create them have been passed down through many …
A Desert Under Pressure Mongolia is home to one of the world’s largest remaining grasslands, where livestock herding has been the primary livelihood for millennia. However, these rangelands are facing a significant decline in quality, driven by the dual …
On a bitingly cold February afternoon in 2022, at -25 degrees Celsius, Kalzang Gurmet, field manager for Nature Conservation Foundation (NCF) in Spiti, sat cross-legged on a floor mattress in our unpretentious homestay. We were in Kibber, a high-altitude …
Results Dagina The Matriarch: You’re the backbone of your community, and everyone knows it. Like Dagina, who successfully raised many cubs across five litters in the harsh Mongolian desert, you have an incredible capacity for nurturing and protecting those …
Using GPS collar data, our team investigated the locations of GPS “clusters” where our collared cats spent extended time, often indicating a kill site or den. This year, for the first time, we analyzed clusters from F12 and F19, two females with young cubs …
After nearly two decades without a national-scale gathering, Mongolia's snow leopard community came together recently to address an urgent reality: the threats facing these cats have fundamentally changed, and so must the response. The National Forum …
Thanks to a new initiative by our partner organization, the Nature Conservation Foundation, a growing group of Indigenous women has transitioned from viewing snow leopards as threats to actively tracking them, identifying individuals by their rosette …
Cameras capture only a glimpse into the lives of these majestic cats. Still, even these glimpses provide crucial information about their population, reproductive habits, communication patterns and survival rates that would be nigh impossible to gather by …
Using collar data, we’ve been searching for kills made by the two female snow leopards that gave birth this summer, F12 and F19. While doing this, we have noticed that they employed two very different parenting strategies. F12 appears to take more risks …
You’ve probably heard us say that there may be as few as 4,000 snow leopards left in the wild today. But what about a million years ago? New research from a study between Stanford University, Snow Leopard Trust and other collaborators suggests that snow …
High in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan, an unlikely partnership is buzzing with possibility. Some local herding families are shifting their exclusive focus on livestock to include something sweeter—one that will make a difference for the endangered snow …
Elizabeth Brill spends her days preserving intricate works of art and science as a Blaschka Glass Marine Invertebrate Preservation Specialist. But when that workday ends, her heart travels thousands of miles away to the high mountains of Asia, where snow …
This groundbreaking study by our Pakistan team, led by Program Director Dr. Muhammad Ali represents more than a decade of collaborative effort involving students from Quaid-i-Azam University, Snow Leopard Foundation staff, three provincial wildlife …
In the remote Kuju Valley of Chitral, a young woman with a passion for education and social impact is transforming her community through her leadership and commitment to conservation. This success story comes from our partner organization in Pakistan, Snow …
Last month, we turned our spotlight on the underappreciated ungulates of Asia’s high mountains and their significance beyond being mere prey for snow leopards. Unfortunately for ungulates, this month we are discussing the ideal meal for snow leopards: ibex …
Determining whether a snow leopard population is thriving, stable or declining isn’t as simple as counting how many cats you see. Scientists must track the complete life cycle, from birth to death, to get the full picture. You need to know if enough cubs …
In honor of World Ranger Day, we are shining the spotlight on Munkhtenger Tumursukh, a wildlife ranger from Mongolia. He was recently lauded as the Best of the Best among rangers in snow leopard habitat for 2024 in a ceremony organized by Snow Leopard …
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