Sebastian Kennerknecht / Mountain range, Terskei Ala-Too Range, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Argali (Ovis ammon) female, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / River flowing in mountain valley, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) wild male at night, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia), wild male at night, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Full moon over mountains, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Yak (Bos grunniens), Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Mountain range, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Argali (Ovis ammon) female flock, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) biologist, Shannon Kachel, walking in mountains, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) biologist, Shannon Kachel, walking in mountains, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) biologist, Shannon Kachel, setting snare trap used for catching and collaring snow leopards, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzsta...

Sebastian Kennerknecht / River flowing in mountain valley, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Mountain range, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) biologist, Khalil Karimov, using telemetry to check if any snare traps used for collaring were triggered during the night, Pikertyk, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzst...

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Gray Marmot (Marmota baibacina) kit, Pikertyk, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Gray Marmot (Marmota baibacina) kit, Pikertyk, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Gray Marmot (Marmota baibacina) kits greeting each other, Pikertyk, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) satellite tracking collar, Pikertyk, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) veterinarian, John Ochsenreiter, holding satellite tracking collar, Pikertyk, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Canyons and snow-capped mountains, Pikertyk, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Canyons and snow-capped mountains, Pikertyk, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Cyril Ruoso / Tien Shan ground squirrel (Spermophillus relictus ralli) near Yssyk-kol lake, Kyrgyzstan.

Cyril Ruoso / Tien Shan ground squirrel (Spermophillus relictus ralli) near Yssyk-kol lake, Kyrgyzstan.

Cyril Ruoso / Tien Shan ground squirrel (Spermophillus relictus ralli) near Yssyk-kol lake, Kyrgyzstan.

Eric Dragesco / Tien Shan Argali (Ovis karelini) herd of males, Tien Shan at an altitude of 4000m. Kirghizstan, September.

Eric Dragesco / Pack donkeys and guides in Tien Shan Argali (Ovis ammon karelini) Tien Shan. Altitude 4000m. Kirghizstan, September 2011

Eric Dragesco / Himalayan Vulture (Gyps himalayensis) subadult in flight, Sarichat Ertash NP, Tien Shan, Kirghizstan, September

Eric Dragesco / Himalayan Vulture (Gyps himalayensis) subadult in flight, Sarichat Ertash NP, Tien Shan, Kirghizstan, September

Eric Dragesco / Man riding horse scanning horizon, on expedition to find Tien Shan Argali (Ovis ammon karelini) in vast mountainous landscape. Naryn National Park, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, November.

Eric Dragesco / Photographer Eric Dragesco and guide resting outside their tent, on expedition to find Tien Shan Argali (Ovis ammon karelini). Naryn National Park, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, November.

Eric Dragesco / Man riding horse beside river, rear view, on expedition to find Tien Shan Argali (Ovis ammon karelini) Naryn National Park, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, November.

Eric Dragesco / Vast mountain habitat of the Tien Shan Argali (Ovis ammon karelini) with its tracks in the foreground. Naryn National Park, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, November.

Eric Dragesco / Two people standing by their horses on an expedition to find Tien Shan Argali (Ovis ammon karelini). Naryn National Park, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, November.

Eric Dragesco / A man riding horse on an expedition to find Tien Shan Argali (Ovis ammon karelini) in vast steppe landscape. Naryn National Park, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, November.

Eric Dragesco / A herd of Tien Shan Argali (Ovis ammon karelini) traversing a snow-covered mountainside. Naryn National Park, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, November.

Vladimir Kolbintsev / (Erigron cabulicus) flower in Western Tien Shan Mountains in South Kazakstan, Asku-Jabagly NR, Russia

Vladimir Kolbintsev / Steppe agama (Trapelus sanguinolentus) Western Tien Shan Mountains, S Kazakstan, Russia

Patricio Robles Gil / Kirguitz Sheep herders' yurt in Tien Shan Mountains, Kyrgyzstan

Vladimir Kolbintsev / Aksu-Jabagly nature reserve, Western Tien Shan mountains, South Kazakhstan

Vladimir Kolbintsev / Red horned poppies {Roemeria refracta} below Western Tien Shan Mountains, South Kazakstan, Russia Asku-Jabagly, Siberia

Vladimir Kolbintsev / {Leontice albertii} in flower, Asky-Jabagly NR, Western Tien Shan Mountains, South Kazakstan, Russia

Vladimir Kolbintsev / Eremurus in flower {Eremurus lactiflorus} Asky-Jabagly NR, Western Tien Shan Mountains, South Kazakstan, Russia

Vladimir Kolbintsev / Yellow rose flowering {Rosa kokanica} Western Tien Shan Mountains, South Kazakstan, Russia Aksu-Jabagly NR, Siberia

Vladimir Kolbintsev / Red horned poppies {Roemeria refracta} below Western Tien Shan Mountains, South Kazakstan, Russia Asku-Jabagly Reserve, Siberia

Vladimir Kolbintsev / Armoured glass lizard {Psuedopus apodus} Western Tien Shan Mountains, South Kazakstan, Russia

Vladimir Kolbintsev / Greig's tulip {Tulipa greigii} South Kazakhstan, Western Tien Shan mountains, Russia

Vladimir Kolbintsev / Primula minkwitziae in flower Western Tien Shan mountains South Kazakstan, Russia. Aksu-Jabagly

Vladimir Kolbintsev / Greig's tulip, South Kazakhstan, Western Tien Shan mountains

John Sparks / Fedchenko glacier in Tien Shan Mountains, Kazakhstan, Kirgezia

John Sparks / Fedchenko glacier in Tien Shan Mountains. Kazakhstan, Kirgezia

John Sparks / Fedchenko glacier in Tien Shan Mountains, Kazakhstan, Kirgezia

John Sparks / Fedchenko glacier in Tien Shan Mountains, Kazakhstan, Kirgezia

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) biologist, Shannon Kachel, looking at logged locations of collared female, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) biologist, Shannon Kachel, inspecting snow leopard spray on scent-marking cliff, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) biologist, Shannon Kachel, using telemetry to check if any snare traps used for collaring were triggered, Pikertyk, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Gray Marmot (Marmota baibacina) kit, Pikertyk, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) veterinarian, John Ochsenreiter, holding anesthesia dart used during collaring process, Pikertyk, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / River and floodplain with snow-capped mountains, Pikertyk, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Canyon and snow-capped mountains, Pikertyk, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Yurts, Besh Moinok, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Cyril Ruoso / Tien Shan Mountains, Kyrgyzstan

Patricio Robles Gil / Alpine Ibex (Capra ibex) running in the Monteke Toktisnsk Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, Kyrgzstan

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Chukar partridge (Alectoris chukar) Tien Shan mountains, Xinjiang, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Chukar partridge (Alectoris chukar) Tien Shan mountains, Xinjiang, China