A South African wildlife guide with a lifelong love of black leopards has realized his dream of seeing the “biggest species on his bucket list” for the very first time. His stunning close-up photos will leave you breathless. Nick Kleer, 34, lives a nomadic lifestyle mainly as a wildlife guide on safari in South Africa…

Without an expertly trained eye, it may be impossible to spot the “ghost cats” hiding perfectly camouflaged in these photos. Ismail Shariff, 41, is a wildlife photographer who specializes in capturing snow leopards in their natural environment. His collection of images, shown here, taken in the Spiti region in Himachal Pradesh, India, along with his…

A pair of leopard cubs found alone in a field by Indian sugarcane farmers have been successfully reunited with their mother. A hidden camera caught the moving moment on film. The leopard cub siblings were discovered in the west-central Indian village of Nirgude in Junnar, Maharashtra, on Jan. 2, by farmers while they were harvesting sugarcane….

An Indian photographer whose mind-boggling photos of camouflaged snow leopards became a viral sensation has shared a quiz, the all-important answers, and a behind-the-scenes glimpse of life as a wildlife photographer. Ismail Shariff, 41, from Hyderabad in southeastern India, has been clicking pictures of sunsets, sunrises, and wildlife since 2005. Snow leopards became his favorite…

The intense moment a drowning leopard was rescued from a well has been caught on camera. The approximately 7-year-old male leopard had fallen into an open well in Beslar village in Maharashtra, western India. A local farmer spotted the big cat paddling to stay afloat as he struggled to stop himself from drowning in the…

A wildlife photographer from India snapped these images of a rare black panther as it slept in a tall tree. Bhargava Srivari from Hyderabad had been tracking the large black feline for two years before he finally caught sight of it in Nagarhole Tiger Reserve. The 29-year-old said that, in his some 20 years of…

A wildlife photographer from Bangalore, India, was on safari with his son, when they spotted a deceptively hidden leopard cub hanging out of a tree with its mom. Dad Mohan Thomas loves photographing animals and nature and hopes his work will inspire more people to love and conserve them as he does, he told the Epoch…

This tired-looking leopard picked the perfect spot for a nap—and for the safarigoer who captured some incredible pictures of the big cat looking blissfully serene. The large feline was found in Nagarahole National Park and Tiger Reserve in India, and was photographed looking perfectly peaceful as he lay stretched out in a tree, his four legs…

A lost leopard cub has been reunited with her mother within 12 hours of being found alone on an Indian tea estate, thanks to the joint efforts of a wildlife rescue team and the local community. Dr. Khanin Changmai, veterinarian for Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), received a call from the Assam Forest Department on May…

A photographer in India managed to capture on camera an elusive leopard showing off its impressive ability to camouflage on a rocky hillside. Abhinav Garg, 34, had no idea he’d managed to capture the leopard in his shots on June 5, until after he’d gotten home. He’d waited hours for a sighting after locals told…