India’s most extensive survey of the ‘ghosts of the mountains’ highlighted the importance of shared landscapes and ...

Typically found at altitudes ranging from 3,000 to 5,000 meters, snow leopards are rarely seen in the wild. However, ... Ladakh. A vast high-altitude reserve covering over 600 sq km, ...

Ladakh hosts 477 snow leopards, two-thirds of the country's total population of these wild cats. The finding has emerged from the most comprehensive survey, spanning 59,000 sq km, of snow leopards ...

The researchers estimated that Ladakh is home to 477 snow leopards, representing 68% of India’s total population. The density of snow leopards varied between 1 and 3 individuals per 100 km2, ...

A snow leopard in Ladakh, India Wim van den Heever/naturepl.com India’s first-ever survey of snow leopards has estimated that there are 718 of the big cats living in the country’s six ...

With this data, the team estimates that Ladakh is home to 477 snow leopards, or 68 percent of India’s total population. The density varied between one to three snow leopards per 38 square miles.

Covering approximately 120,000 km of snow leopard habitat across the trans-Himalayan region, including the UTs of Ladakh and J and K, and states such as Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, and ...

A photography tour guide tracked a snow leopard to a place where it enjoyed the perfect hiding place to ambush ... “I always remember my husband telling me that before we arrived in Ladakh.

They found that Ladakh had the highest number of snow leopards, followed by Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim. Jammu and Kashmir had the lowest number of big cats.