The range of the leopard is greater than that of any other of the larger carnivores, since it inhabits the whole of Asia, and is found almost throughout Africa and everywhere it shows a tendency ...

He estimates that around 800 leopards are killed each year, in South Africa and neighboring countries, to meet demand. “To put that in perspective, we think there are probably fewer than 5,000 ...

The leopard is the most widespread of all the big cats. The typical form came from Egypt. Its present range extends from sub-Saharan Africa across the Arabian Peninsula into the Indian subcontinent, ...

For centuries, the Lozi people of Zambia’s Barotseland region have worn the skins of wild cats at special events and ceremonies. Now, in a bid to save the animals, they are switching to fake fur.

An ultra-rare black leopard — with a silky-looking, shiny coat — was spotted in Africa for the first time in roughly 100 years, and the wildlife photographer who captured the elusive big cat ...

South Africa’s De Hoop Nature Reserve confirms sightings of two leopards through trail cam images, highlighting hope for the preservation of this species.

Africa’s iconic big cats including lions leopards and cheetahs inhabit a range of environments from the vast grasslands of the Serengeti and Maasai Mara to the dense forests of Central Africa ...

Extremely rare BLACK leopard becomes 'the first ever to be photographed in Africa without a camera trap' in unique close-up encounter in Kenya ...

Leopards in Mpumalanga, South Africa evolved out of an ice age event. Anup Shah/Getty Images. Mitogenomes are a “genomic by-catch” when sequencing the whole genome.

Heritage Fur, which premiered at the Paris Fashion Week, was presented as an alternative to leopard skin and fur. Religious sects and traditional leaders in southern Africa were encouraged to wear ...

The juvenile female was spotted traveling with a larger, normally colored leopard, presumed to be her mother. (See our exclusive picture of a rare black wildcat seen in Africa.) The opposite of ...