People are fascinated with the black panther so when you have the opportunity to see a genuine jet-black panther crossing a dusty road in the Pench Tiger Reserve in India it’s worth looking at. This is a melanistic leopard which … continue reading…
OPINION – Guwahati, Kamrup Metropolitan, India: As I read the news media daily about cats, I not infrequently read stories about leopards falling into deep wells in India. Fortunately, the animal is often hauled to safety with a lot of … continue reading…
The very unusual coat of this leopard has not been mentioned in the caption to the video in which it squares up to a sloth bear in a tense confrontation. The footage was captured in Kumana National Park on Sri … continue reading…
Your search for a leopard picture is over. Here are some pictures by the very experienced and skilled professional wildlife photographer, John Devries and others. I am not sure where some of them were taken but I think they were … continue reading…
Overview: Here are some facts about leopard cubs. A cub will normally be born as part of a litter of 1-3 but only half will usually survive into adulthood. A cub is born with eyes closed. The eyes open at … continue reading…
As I stated in the title, the distribution of the common leopard is the widest of all the wild cat species. A natural consequence of this is that the habitats in which they live varies tremendously and is probably the … continue reading…
People search for a ‘black leopard picture’. Here are some good ones. Leopards can often have the appearance of being jet black but they are not. Sometimes a black leopard is very dark with a black or dark grey pattern … continue reading…
Introduction This page has been refreshed at Dec 28, 2021. This is necessary in order to keep an eye on the population numbers to see whether they are increasing or decreasing (nearly always decreasing) and on the cat’s distribution i.e. … continue reading…
It seems that the biggest animal that a leopard has been recorded killing is an adult eland bull, an animal about ten times the weight of the male leopard which killed it. If the male leopard weighed around 70 kg … continue reading…
When are leopards most active? The answer depends upon the location and the circumstances under which the leopard lives. Although it is true that in many areas leopards are mostly nocturnal, there are exceptions. Where they are hunted extensively or … continue reading…
They say that the pink leopard is the rarest of cats. They are sometimes referred to as ‘strawberry leopards’. Their coat has a faint pink hue due to what must be a spontaneous genetic mutation. It’s the kind of mutation … continue reading…
It is believed that the Arabian leopard is a subspecies of the common leopard although the taxonomy (species classication) of this cat is vague; There are question marks over whether it is a distinct subspecies but this appears to have … continue reading…
EASTERN GERMANY – NEWS AND COMMENT: An erotic model has been scarred for life after a captive leopard at a retirement home for show animals attacked her. She was inside the leopard’s enclosure at the time doing a photoshoot. At … continue reading…
The truth of the matter is that leopards “become extremely cautious around larger predators such as lions and tigers, and prefer to retreat to cover or the safe haven of a tree rather than face a direct encounter”. That, I … continue reading…
The term “black panther” normally refers to a black leopard or jaguar and it can also refer to a black mountain lion (puma). So, you can see that the ‘black panther cat’ is actually three different species of wild cat. … continue reading…
