Encouraging news has emerged for wildlife conservation efforts as the world’s rarest big cat is making a remarkable comeback.

Conservation efforts help endangered species thrive again ... and illegal trade. The Amur leopard, critically endangered with around 100 left, faces threats, but 75% of their range is protected.

Police in northwestern China are investigating whether a rare snow leopard found ... bloody footprints around its body. Snow leopards are a protected species and there are around 5,000 of them ...