Snow leopards haunt the rocky ridgelines of Central Asia, vanishing into terrain so rugged that researchers rarely catch more than a brief glimpse on camera traps. Locals call them “ghosts of the ...
BISHKEK -- Kyrgyzstan welcomed the first snow of the winter a few days ago as the mountainous Central Asian country gears up for New Year’s festivities. But the freshly fallen snow cannot cover up the ...
A stretch of high-altitude terrain in central Kyrgyzstan has been officially designated as the Ak Ilbirs ecological corridor, connecting protected areas to give snow leopards and other wildlife room ...