News tagged with clouded leopard

Why the leopard got its spots

Why do leopards have rosette shaped markings but tigers have stripes? Rudyard Kipling suggested that it was because the leopard moved to an environment "full of trees and bushes and stripy, speckly, patchy-blatchy ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 20, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

Rare Sunda clouded leopard has two distinct types

Tests have proven a long-held belief that Borneo's rare Sunda clouded leopard is really a different subspecies from its Indonesian relative, according to researchers.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 23, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 0

First footage of clouded leopard captured in Borneo

The Sundaland clouded leopard, a newly identified and little understood species of big cat in Borneo, has been filmed for the first time.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 15, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Clouded leopard cubs born at National Zoo

An endangered clouded leopard at the Smithsonian's National Zoo's Conservation & Research Center (CRC) in Front Royal, Va., gave birth to a genetically valuable litter of two cubs on Tuesday, March 24. The clouded leopard, ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Malaysian peatswamps obliterated for palm oil: study

Peatswamp forests home to such species as the Borneo pygmy elephant are being obliterated in Malaysian Borneo to make way for palm oil plantations, according to a new study.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 01, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Candid cameras give a chance to see wildlife as a scientist does

Researching animals in the wild can be challenging, especially if it involves a rare or elusive species like the giant panda or the clouded leopard. To remedy this, scientists rely heavily on camera traps—automated ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 25, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast