A clouded leopard conceived through artificial insemination born at Nashville Zoo

A male leopard cub born at the Nashville Zoo on Wednesday is the first of its species to be conceived using artificial insemination of cryopreserved — frozen and then thawed — semen, according to a joint announcement from the Smithsonian National Zoo and the Nashville Zoo. Clouded leopards have been listed as a vulnerable species on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s red list of threatened species since 2008.