WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that all leopards may qualify for “endangered” status under the Endangered Species Act. The decision comes in response to a legal petition ...

For the first time, whole-genome analysis shows that the small Cape leopards are a genetically distinct population.

Feb. 13 (UPI) --The United States will decide, within the next four years, whether to protect threatened leopards under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, according to the Humane Society which announced ...

WASHINGTON— Animal protection and conservation groups sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for failing to propose stricter protections for African leopards under the U.S. Endangered Species ...

The leopard stands out as an elusive, versatile, and adaptable animal. Researchers have just published the first genomic data for the African subspecies of the leopard. The results showed an ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KENYA, East Africa– Turns out, the mythical ...

Turns out, the mythical African black leopard really does exist. Biologists shot rare footage of the sleek big cat walking majestically in Kenya — the first time the animal has been photographed in ...