Jed Weingarten / Wild Wonders of China / Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus) feeding on leaves, Tangjiahe Nature Reserve, Sichuan Province, China, April.

Patricio Robles Gil / Kashir grey langur (Semnopithecus ajax) Dachigam National Park, Jammu & Kashmir, India.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Himalayan marmot (Marmota himalayana). Chantang Wildlife Sanctuary. Ladakh, India,

Suzi Eszterhas / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), Shenshuping Panda Base, Wolong Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China

Dong Lei / Blue poppy (Meconopsis betonicifolia), Mount Namjagbarwa, Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon National Park, Tibet, China.

Pete Oxford / Apatani woman with facial tattoos and traditional cane nose plugs / Yapin Hulo made to make them look unattractive to males from other tribes. These facial modifications are now outlawed. Apatani Tr...

Pete Oxford / Kittens resting on beams. These animals are kepts as pets but sometimes eaten in the Apatani Tribe, Ziro Valley, Himalayan Foothills, Arunachal Pradesh, North East India. November 2014.

Dong Lei / Crocodile newt (Tylototriton verrucosus) in leaf litter, Gaoligong Mountain National Nature Reserve, Tengchong county, Yunnan Province, China. May.

Dong Lei / Crocodile newt (Tylototriton verrucosus) Gaoligong Mountain National Nature Reserve, Tengchong county, Yunnan Province, China. May.

Dong Lei / Himalayan honeybee (Apis laboriosa) Mount Namjagbarwa, Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon National Park, Nyingchi Prefecture, Tibet, China. October.

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) four week old cub yawning in mother's arm, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) eleven month old cub, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) three year old in forest, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) eighteen month cub on tree stump, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China

Cyril Ruoso / Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) resting, captive at Singapore Zoo. Non-ex

Dong Lei / White-browed Rosefinch (Carpodacus thura) with Tibetan prayer flags featuring the 'wind horse'. Pamuling mountain, Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China,

Dong Lei / Himalayan goral (Naemorhedus goral) in forest, Tangjianhe National Nature Reserve, Sichuan Province, China. April.

Cyril Ruoso / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) in a tree, China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Cyril Ruoso / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) sitting in vegetation, China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Edwin Giesbers,Edwin Giesbers / Asiatic black / Moon bear (Ursus thibetanus) portrait, captive

Edwin Giesbers,Edwin Giesbers / Asiatic black / Moon bear (Ursus thibetanus) head portrait with tongue hanging out, captive

Bernard Castelein / Cinereous / European Black Vulture (Aegypius monachus) in dispute with an Eurasian Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus), alongside a Himalayan Griffon (Gyps himalayensis) and Long-billed Vulture (Gyps indicu...

Bernard Castelein / Himalayan Marmots (Marmota himalayana) play-fighting, Ladakh, India

Bernard Castelein / Himalayan Marmots (Marmota himalayana) play-fighting, Ladakh, India

Patricio Robles Gil / Rear view of male Himalayan monal pheasant (Lophophorus impejanus) on rock, Sagarmatha National Park, Himalayas, Nepal, December

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), Xiang Xiang the first captive raised panda to be released into the wild, in pre release enclosure eating bamboo, Wolong Nature Reserve, endangered, China

Katherine Feng / Lesser Panda (Ailurus fulgens) eating bamboo, endangered, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) 37 day old cub, Ying Ying, in incubator, Wolong Nature Reserve, endangered, China

Colin Monteath / Baruntse, 7220 meters elevation, and mountaineering camp reflected in alpine lake, Makalu-Barun National Park, Nepal

Rod Williams / Himalayan / Crocodile Newt (Tylotriton verrucosus) on mossy rock. Occurs SE Asia, NE India and E Nepal. June 2OO8, Captive.

Pete Oxford / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) sitting in vegetation eating bamboo, Wolong China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda within Wolong Reserve, Sichuan Province

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) two cubs touching noses, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) cubs arranged to photograph all 16 cubs together, Wolong Nature Reserve, China, sequence 3 of 3

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) sixteen cubs escape photo attempt, Wolong Nature Reserve, China, sequence 2 of 3

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) Gongzhu and cub in bamboo forest, Wolong Nature Reserve, China, digital composite

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) baby being weighed on a scale at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Pete Oxford / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) reclining in snow, Wolong Valley, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) Gongzhu is successfully re-introduced to one of her nine week old twin cubs which she initially rejected, China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Pand...

Colin Monteath / Mountaineer enjoying the view of Mt Everest and the Himalayan Mountains at sunset from Gokyo Ri, Khumbu, Nepal

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) adult and baby in bamboo forest at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) two cubs playing at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) detail of underside of paw, China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) three young Pandas playing at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) pair of young Pandas playing with cardboard box at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Pete Oxford / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), Wolong Valley, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) young Panda hanging from tree at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) young Panda hanging from structure at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) young Panda playing with basket, at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) young Panda hanging from tree at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) close up portrait of young Panda at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) baby stretching at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) baby at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) mother and two week old infant, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) infant being cleaned at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) cub climbing tree, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) cub at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) pair of young Pandas playing at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) mother and her cub at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) mother and her cub at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Konrad Wothe / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) eating bamboo, Wolong Valley, China

Konrad Wothe / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) in tree, Wolong Valley, Himalaya, China

Konrad Wothe / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), Wolong Valley, Himalaya, China

Gertrud & Helmut Denzau / Portrait of Himalayan pika {Ochotona genus} on top of rock, Ladakh, India

Gertrud & Helmut Denzau / Himalayan marmot {Marmota bobak himalayana} at entrance to burrow, Ladakh, India

David Noton / Twilight on the slopes of Machhapuchare, the Sacred Peak, Annapurna Himalayas, Nepal

David Noton / Dawn over foothills of Annapurna Himalayas at Tatapani, Nepal

Nick Garbutt / Sunrise over temperate montane forest in Himalayan foothills, hills silhouetted. Singalila National Park, India. March 2019.

Dong Lei / Himalayan pika (Ochotona himalayana) Mt Qomolangma National Park, Qinghai Tibet Plateau, China.

Dong Lei / Blue poppy (Meconopsis grandis) in mountain habitat, Qinghai Tibet Plateau, China.

Dong Lei / Blue poppy (Meconopsis grandis) Cona County, China.

Ernie Janes / Himalayan maidenhair fern (Adiantum venustum) cultivated plant.

Heather Angel / Primula (Primula sikkimensis), Himalayan cowslip (Primula secundiflora) and Crucifer (Brassicaceae) at edge of stream. Kanding, Sichuan Province, China.

Heather Angel / Himalayan balsam (Impatiens glandulifera), dissection of flowers. Male phase above, downward projecting stamens release pollen onto backs of bumblebees and honey bees. Female phase below with downward...

Heather Angel / Bumblebee (Bombus sp) nectaring on Himalayan balsam (Impatiens glandulifera). Surrey, England, UK. September.

Oriol Alamany / Himalayan snowcock (Tetraogallus himalayensis) in a mountain slope at 4,400 meters, Spiti Valley, Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, Himalaya, Himachal Pradesh, India, March

Ernie Janes / Himalayan blue poppy (Meconopsis betonicifolia) cultivated plant native to Bhutan.

Jed Weingarten / Wild Wonders of China / Himalayan griffon vulture (Gyps himalayensis) group of six in mountain landscape, Serxu County, Garze Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China.

Jed Weingarten / Wild Wonders of China / Himalayan griffon vulture (Gyps himalayensis) Serxu County, Garze Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China.

Jed Weingarten / Wild Wonders of China / Himalayan griffon vulture (Gyps himalayensis) in mountain landscape with a Raven (Corvus corax) Serxu County, Garze Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China.

Jed Weingarten / Wild Wonders of China / Himalayan griffon vulture (Gyps himalayensis) flying in front of blue sky, Serxu County, Garze Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China.

Patricio Robles Gil / Kashir grey langur (Semnopithecus ajax) Dachigam National Park, Jammu & Kashmir, India.

Will Watson / Himalayan honeysuckle (Leycesteria formosa) commonly planted in Victorian shrubberies for game birds Native to Himalaya and South-west China, Grown in a large garden, Herefordshire Plateau, England, O...

Oriol Alamany / Himalayan ibex (Capra sibirica) male resting, Spiti valley, Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, Himalaya mountains, Himachal Pradesh, India

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Tourists taking pictures of Himalayan marmots (Marmota himalayana) with mobile phone, Chantang Wlidlife Sanctuary. Ladakh, India, September 2018.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Himalayan marmot (Marmota himalayana). Chantang Wlidlife Sanctuary. Ladakh, India.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Himalayan marmot (Marmota himalayana) at burrow entrance , Chantang Wlidlife Sanctuary. Ladakh, India

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Himalayan marmot (Marmota himalayana) with Don't Feed the Animals sign painted on rock. Chantang Wlidlife Sanctuary. Ladakh, , India,

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Himalayan marmot (Marmota himalayana) next to burrow, Chantang Wildlife Sanctuary, Tibet plateau. Ladakh, India,

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Himalayan marmot (Marmota himalayana). Chantang Wlidlife Sanctuary. Ladakh, India, September 2018.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Himalayan marmot (Marmota himalayana). Chantang Wlidlife Sanctuary. Ladakh, India, September 2018.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Himalayan marmot (Marmota himalayana). Chantang Wlidlife Sanctuary. Ladakh, India,

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Himalayan marmot (Marmota himalayana) coming out of burrow, Chantang Wlidlife Sanctuary. Ladakh, India

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Himalayan marmot (Marmota himalayana). Chantang Wlidlife Sanctuary, Ladakh, India, September 2018.

Oriol Alamany / Himalayan ibex (Capra sibirica) male on snow, Spiti valley, Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, Himalaya mountains, Himachal Pradesh, India, February

Oriol Alamany / Snow leopard (Panthera uncia) male on snow stalking Himalayan ibex in Spiti valley, Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, Himalaya mountains, Himachal Pradesh, India, February