Issyk-Kul Lake in the central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan is surrounded by the snow-capped Tian Shen mountains. It is the second-largest mountain lake in the world behind Lake Titicaca in South America ...

For those looking for an authentic experience, the country's nomadic trails offer a unique way to explore its natural beauty ...

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

In the mountains where waterways that feed the great Syr Darya River originate, three generations of Kyrgyz beekeepers seek out the flower fields that will nourish the tens of thousands of bees that ...

In the mountains of western Kyrgyzstan, bones from a 165-million-year-old predator were found as a new species. Azamat E via Unsplash While the Tyrannosaurus rex may be the face of Hollywood’s ...

Activists in a nature reserve in central Kyrgyzstan have reintroduced elk in a bid to restore the local ecosystem and preserve snow leopards, who traditionally feed on the elk. Thirty elk from the ...

Natalia Nagovitsyna became stranded on Aug. 12 after breaking her leg on a 24,406-foot mountain in Kyrgyzstan Getty Rescue efforts haven't been able to save 47-year-old climber Natalia Nagovitsyna ...