They’re known as the “ghost of the mountains,” so it makes sense that snow leopards can be extremely difficult to spot. Yet, these majestic, thick-furred cats, living in the high mountains of Asia, are also disappearing from much of their range due to declines in prey, retaliatory killing for livestock predation, the illegal wildlife trade, and changes in their habitat from climate change, mining and large-scale infrastructure. In some places, though, snow leopards (Panthera uncia) are recovering and thriving. Today, on International Snow Leopard Day, we highlight some recent Mongabay stories about these big cats in India and Nepal. Snow leopards in India Two-thirds of India’s snow leopards live in the trans-Himalayan Ladakh landscape of high-altitude plateaus, rugged mountain ranges and c

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