The left hip and leg bones from a young female Paranthropus robustus discovered in South Africa show she was extremely short — and ended up as a leopard's lunch.

(South African law permits both jail time and ... Forest guards grapple with the chaos of a leopard attack in West Bengal, India, in July 2012. The cat mauled six people before it was subdued.

One of the researchers, molecular ecologist Laura Tensen, has been studying the genetic structure of South African leopards for 14 years. She explains how the new research can be used to help ...

Increased safeguards would ensure closer scrutiny of African leopard trophy imports and help boost funding to counter suspected population declines. “The leopard is being driven to extinction by so ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Tourists in South Africa's Kruger National Park were hoping to spot a leopard on a recent safari, but they never expected this. Story by Tony Manfred and editing by ...