The broad scope of The Snow Leopard Project makes for compelling reading, not least because it corrects assumptions some of us may have picked up about Afghanistan during these 18 long years of war.

To go with Afghanistan Snow Leopards By LYNNE O’DONNELL In this Thursday, July 2, 2012 camera trap photo provided by Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), a snow leopard looks on, ...

Two snow leopards were captured, fitted with satellite collars, and released for the first time in Afghanistan by a team of Wildlife Conservation Society conservationists and Afghan veterinarians ...

WAKHAN, Afghanistan — Two decades after he first aimed his rifle at one of the world’s rarest mammals, Karmal was again on the hunt for the elusive snow leopard. Stalking through the mountains of ...

Snow leopards are native to Central Asia, where they live high in the mountains of China, India, Russia, Afghanistan and other countries. According to Snow Leopard Trust, ...

Afghan authorities captured a rare snow leopard in the country's mountainous northeast and were preparing to release it back into the wild after it reportedly killed dozens of livestock animals, a ...

Thanks to the vigilant eye of camera traps stationed high in Afghanistan's remote northeast mountains, researchers have uncovered exciting news: A population of endangered snow leopards, one of ...

The snow leopard lives in 12 of the most mountainous countries in the world — Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, India, Mongolia, […] The post International Snow Leopard Day ...

Snow leopard pelts can still be easily bought in downtown Kabul. Last year, a border police commander stole a wild Marco Polo sheep from the Wakhan and tied it to a tree in his front yard.

WAKHAN, Afghanistan (AP) — In a picturesque corner of Afghanistan, a unique conservation effort has helped bring the elusive snow leopard back from the brink and given hope to one of the poorest ...

WAKHAN, Afghanistan -- In a picturesque corner of Afghanistan, a unique conservation effort has helped bring the elusive snow leopard back from the brink and given hope to one of the poorest and ...