The Himalayan mountains are one of the harshest environments ... hoping to catch a glimpse of cat species in the area, according to a study published March 20 in the peer-reviewed journal Oryx.

Each of the great mountain ranges in our series has a type of big cat who prowls the ridges. Himalaya has the elusive snow leopard, the Rockies has the mountain lion (also called a cougar ...

Snow leopards are the least studied of the big cats globally ... in the Himalayas," said Acharya, one of the lead researchers. Experts say the increasing avalanches in the mountains—where ...

From snow leopards and grumpy Pallas’s cats to blood pheasants and red pandas, here are some of the places wildlife watchers head for mountain wildlife. Hemis National Park, Ladakh, India Hemis ...