Braving bone-chilling temperatures and rifle-armed poachers, their goal is to protect the snow leopards’ prey and habitat.

After eight months, Javier Carrasco and his partner have covered 12,000km across Europe, China, and Central Asia. They have ...

Watch a short excerpt on music and dance in the Pamir Mountains from the 24-minute documentary film included in the CD/DVD for 'Music of Central Asia Vol. 5: The Badakhshan Ensemble: Song and Dance ...

Snowfall shortages are now destabilizing some of the world’s last resilient glaciers, as shown by a new study in Tajikistan’s Pamir Mountains. Using a monitoring station on Kyzylsu Glacier, ...

The “Five Stans” – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan – are formidable former Soviet Union republics in the heart of Central Asia. This Central Asian region, sprawling ...

From glittering blue domes to aromatic Uzbek dishes, my days in Tashkent and Samarkand were a blend of history and culture.

Adventurous hikers now have access to see a different side of Kyrgyzstan. The Kyrgyz Nomad Trail (KNT) is a 1,243-mile (2,000-kilometer) long-distance hiking trail in northern and eastern Kyrgyzstan, ...

In Central Asia and other mountainous regions around the world, glaciers are melting faster than ever. Rising temperatures are shortening winters and prolonging summers, which in turn leads glaciers ...

Every year, International Snow Leopard Day celebrates one of the most mysterious and majestic creatures roaming the icy peaks ...

Tian Shan—the name for the mountains that cross Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan—roughly translates as “Mountains of Heaven”. It is fitting for a range that is dotted with gold mines, including ...