black leopard

This is sort of just going off the last thread I made about the leopards at gorge, (context for those new who are interested: saw a black leopard at gorge a few years back named Bagheera, he passed away, and I’ve been trying to find out everything I can about his family now etc.) not sure if...

I just joined so not sure if I’m doing this right but I remember going to gorge around 2011-2012ish and seeing a black panther there just pacing back and forth, and reading about their enclosure that unfortunately makes sense. Anyways, I always thought this was a fake memory I made up until I...

Mamba the melanistic leopard (Panthera pardus)

Mamba the melanistic leopard (Panthera pardus)

This is the former enclosure for snow leopards and is now the enclosure for 2 (1.1, although they are brother and sister) black leopards. This photo was taken in the winter, so there is snow in the enclosure.

The Black Leopard is a new hardcover book by photographer Will Burrard-Lucas. The subtitle is My Quest to Photograph One of Africa's Most Elusive Big Cats. It was released yesterday and I received it today. It's a high quality hardback just over 200 pages (roughly 8x10 inch). It appears to be...

Black leopard spotted in Africa for first time in 100 years

Interesting short interview piece on research on Malay peninsula with black leopards. For those who do not know, the leopards of this peninsula are almost always black. (Until recently it was thought all of them were black until a camera trap photo showed a normal spotted leopard). Also of...

The Black Leopard which was released from Cordoba City Zoo was today at noon recaptured after being missing for 27 hours. The search involved 150 police, troops and zoo staff. Eventually located in a ravine area close to the zoo it was darted and safely recaptured. Read more and see some...