Science news articles about 'Amur leopards'

  • Amur leopards benefit from Russian conservation concession

    ... company have been awarded a 'conservation concession' to restore approximately 10 percent of the critically endangered Amur leopard's habitat ...
  • Skin of rare Amur leopard discovered in car

    Police are investigating the killing of an Amur Leopard - one of the rarest animals on earth with only a few dozen left in the wild - after officers discovered the skin of an adult leopard in a private car ...
  • Critically endangered Amur leopards captured on video

    ... footage from a survey on a group of critically endangered Amur leopards in the Russian Far East has yielded unexpectedly positive results, giving evidence that some wild ...
  • Rare couple of Amur leopards photographed in China

    State media say a pair of mating Amur leopards was spotted in northeastern China, in another indication of a comeback for an extremely rare cat once thought to be next to extinction.
  • Heat brings out the cool in zoos across the nation

    Otters sweltering in the summer sun suck on "fishsicles." For carnivores like the Amur leopard, it's "bloodsicles." Leopard - Business - Hardware - Technology - Zoos and Aquariums
  • China and Russia to protect big cats

    ... and Chinese officials have agreed to set up a wildlife reserve to save endangered Siberian tigers and Amur leopards. Russia - Siberian tiger - People ...
  • How the leopard got its spots

    ... attributes evolved in relation to their ecology and behaviors.The Amur leopard, Panthera pardus orientalis, is one of the rarest leopards in the world. Image: Desktop Wallpaper-s (Felidate). Similar ...
  • Russia to probe death of rare leopard

    VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Russian conservation experts say they've launched an investigation into the death of a rare Amur leopard, one of only an estimated 40 left in the wild.
  • Extremely Rare Leopards Find Safe Spot in New Park

    The Amur leopard gets a protected habitat in Russia.
  • First camera trap photos of rare leopard in China

    ... first-known camera trap photos of an Amur leopard in China have recently been taken by protected ... tigers were also taken. Most of the remaining Amur leopards live across the border in Russia, where collaborative ... National Park. Estimates of the total number of Amur leopards have hovered around 30 since ...
  • Numbers of rare leopard up in Russia

    VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, March 15 (UPI) -- Conservationists in Russia report the number of rare Amur leopards in the country's far east Primorsky Territory have increased by almost half.

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