The leopard had made a tantalizing short appearance earlier in the morning, before vanishing for a snooze. Abdul Rashid, a ...

Leopards use their sharp teeth and hooked claws to attack their prey. They bite their prey in the throat or at the nape of the neck ...

This story appears in the December 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine. We were sitting in the dark, waiting for the leopards beside a trail on the edge of India’s Sanjay Gandhi National ...

They are good swimmers, excellent climbers and hunt the widest variety of prey of any of the Mara's major predators. A leopard's diet can include insects, fish and reptiles, as well as grazing ...

And once most people have turned in for the night, these places become hunting grounds for powerful predators: leopards. As cities expand to meet national parks, humans and big cats have merged their ...

Wild populations of African leopards are thought to be declining because of habitat loss and fragmentation, human persecution, illegal wildlife trade, ceremonial use of skins, prey decline and poorly ...