Leopard mothers often hide their cubs when they are going out hunting or in the process of relocation, and in Sri Lanka’s Central Highlands, workers on tea estates often pick up these cubs, assuming ...

Sri Lanka’s lesser-known Kumana National Park, on the country’s southeastern coast, has emerged as a leopard stronghold, according to a recent study, contributor Malaka Rodrigo reports for Mongabay.

Yala is in the semi-arid region of Sri Lanka, which receives rain primarily during the northeast monsoon (October-January). Spotting a leopard is more likely from June to August, during the dry season ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The cubs can be seen through a live cam at the zoo's leopard exhibit. (PHOTOS: SCREENGRABS FROM ...

Sri Lanka's lowlands are home to one of the highest leopard populations on Earth; it's in these lowland jungles the Sri Lankan Leopard, the apex predator of the country, resides.

In Sri Lanka, the fate of an aging, injured leopard, well-loved by tourists, has triggered a debate. Wildlife enthusiasts are urging authorities to help the leopard, named Neluma, in Wilpattu National ...

If I were a wild leopard, or a tiger, or an elephant, I could think of few things more terrifying – or more frustrating – than confronting a line of jeeps, the vehicles encroaching ever closer on my ...

"She’s attentive, calm, and constantly keeping an eye on her lively triplets." Zoo officials celebrate births of incredibly ...

In the half-light before sunrise, when the land still belongs to shadows and silence, Sri Lanka’s wilderness begins its ancient ritual of awakening. A solitary leopard melts into the golden grasses of ...

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