News & Stories

Through a twist of timing, we’re currently down to only one cat, Devekh, wearing an active GPS collar as part of our ongoing, long-term efforts to track and better understand snow leopards in the South Gobi. Senior Regional Ecologist Koustubh Sharma explains what’s behind this development, and how we’re going to continue to monitor these …

In 2013, we’ve gotten hundreds of photos of wild snow leopards, taken in the field by remote-sensor research cameras. These pictures are crucial for our scientists, as they allow them to assess cat populations over time, as well as migrations of cats from one mountain range to the next. For most of us, they’re just …

This past holiday season, we had set out to raise $100,000 for snow leopard conservation – and a group of generous donors had agreed to match every gift we’d receive up to that amount. Thanks to our amazing supporters’ generosity, we reached our ambitious goal on December 31st, 2013!

2013 was the year of the selfie – and somehow, these media-savvy cats have managed to get hold of a camera and join the worldwide trend! Enjoy – and have a happy 2014! [imagebrowser id=5]    

This fall, Tristan Williams-Burden, a long-time volunteer with the Snow Leopard Trust from Seattle, had the opportunity to spend two months with our team in Kyrgyzstan, assisting in everything from setting up camera traps to shipping handicrafts around the world. He shares some of his fondest memories of an unforgettable experience.

Great news from Mongolia: a tiny cub our team encountered last year has grown into a handsome young adult! We were able to identify the cub in a recent research camera photo, accompanied by its mother, Dagina.  

Saving the endangered snow leopard will require a great, collective effort by range country governments, snow leopard conservation experts and – perhaps most of all – local as well as global communities. At the Global Snow Leopard Conservation Forum in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), range country delegations agreed on an ambitious plan that will be the basis …

Playing OviPets, an online pet breeding & genetics game, hundreds of gamers have contributed to raising more than $10,000 for snow leopard conservation.