While deserts are often seen as lifeless wastelands, many harbor extraordinary and dangerous wildlife. From venomous sna ...

"Myself, I've always dreamed of the snow leopard, but I've never seen ... pathways across the desert unreadable to anyone but Gobi drivers. On the far side of the plain, hidden within the low ...

A female snow leopard stalks along a snowy ridge in the South Gobi Desert of Mongolia. She's looking to catch a meal for herself and her two young cubs, who are waiting back in the den.

The three separate groups appear to have evolved as a result of being isolated geographically, with the Gobi Desert and the Himalayas dividing the three snow leopard subspecies from one another.

pitched in a remote corner of the Gobi Desert. Only paw prints in the snow and the two small puncture marks in the neck of a sheep drained of blood reveal that the elusive snow leopard had come ...

The patterns of variation amongst the snow leopard subspecies suggest a 'barrier effect' due to the desert basins in the area, with the northern subspecies isolated by the Gobi Desert and the ...

The Gobi’s size also includes rocky terrain, grasslands, and even some wildlife you might not associate with desert life, such as snow leopards, Bactrian camels, and various bird species.

Soon, however, we were rollicking along and I was riding high on the back of a "ship of the desert," so named because they can carry up to 1,000 pounds. The vast Gobi desert spread out before me ...

The male cub will be named Gobi (after the Gobi Desert); Boke (strong); Irbis ... during the zoo’s third annual Snow Leopard Day. The cubs will make their first public appearance at the event.

The patterns of variation amongst the snow leopard subspecies suggest a 'barrier effect' due to the desert basins in the area, with the northern subspecies isolated by the Gobi Desert and the ...