'Unique:' Lion seen nursing leopard cub in Tanzania (Update)
Newly released photographs from a Tanzanian wildlife area show a rare sight: a leopard cub suckling on a lion.
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News tagged with leopard
New project uses phones and drones to monitor endangered species
Conservation researchers have developed an interactive software tool called ConservationFIT that can "read" digital images of animal footprints captured from smartphones, cameras or drones and accurately identify the species, ...
Ecology
May 23, 2017
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Tea-time means leopard-time in India
A new WCS study finds that leopards are abundant in tea-garden landscapes in north-eastern India, but that their mere presence does not lead to conflicts with people.
Ecology
May 17, 2017
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Three new sub-species of snow leopard discovered
A recent research paper in the Journal of Heredity reveals that there are three sub-species of snow leopard. Until now, researchers had assumed this species, Panthera uncia, was monotypic.
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May 11, 2017
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Sharks are thriving in Southern California but dying in the San Francisco Bay, experts say
The California coast is teeming with young sharks, as warming waters and abundant food have created the ideal conditions for feeding, according to experts.
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May 6, 2017
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Key leopard population 'crashing', study warns
The leopard population in a region of South Africa once thick with the big cats is crashing, and could be wiped out within a few years, scientists warned on Wednesday.
Ecology
Apr 19, 2017
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Can't we all just get along—like India's cats and dogs?
A new WCS study in India shows that three carnivores—tigers, leopards, and dholes (Asian wild dog)—seemingly in direct competition with one other, are living side by side with surprisingly little conflict. Usually, big ...
Ecology
Feb 16, 2017
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Javan leopard sighting raises hopes for rare big cat
Four Javan leopards have been spotted in an Indonesian national park where they were previously thought to have died out, raising hopes for the future of the rare big cat.
Ecology
Feb 9, 2017
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Snow leopard and Himalayan wolf diets are about one-quarter livestock
Around a quarter of Himalayan snow leopard and wolf diets are livestock, the rest being wild prey, according to a study published February 8, 2017 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Madhu Chetri from Inland Norway University ...
Ecology
Feb 8, 2017
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First shark recorded to change from sexual to asexual reproduction
Leonie the leopard shark has made a switch that could save her species – becoming the first shark recorded to change from sexual to asexual reproduction.
Plants & Animals
Jan 17, 2017
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