Mark Moffett / Researcher Jim Patton and assistants process rodent specimens for museum as military guard watches, Aaabshar-rayen, Iran

Mark Moffett / Biologist Sheda Morshed checks mammal traps, Kerman, Iran

Mark Moffett / Montugary family serves tea, Deh Bala, Iran

Mark Moffett / Village woman and children, concealing attire, must be worn in public by all women over the age of seven, Kaht, Iran

Mark Moffett / Aspiring biologist holds owl caught in mist net in the guest house, Kerman, Iran

Mark Moffett / Herpetologist Soheila Shafii cools off under a waterfall, Seyed Ali, Iran

Mark Moffett / Girls collecting Alaleh plants, medicinal plants used for colds, near Darmazar, Kerman Province, Iran