Hidden cameras help save endangered snow leopards in Siberia 05:01. Afghan authorities captured a rare snow leopard in the country's mountainous northeast and were preparing to release it back ...

Afghanistan - Cold Weather Robert Siegel talks with Major Alex Smyle, chief of training at the Army Mountain Warfare School, about how soldiers are trained, clothed and equipped to fight in cold ...

Freezing weather kills 157 in Afghanistan as country faces coldest winter in 15 years ... Most of the roads which pass through the mountains have been closed due to snow.

In the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, there is a "green, leafy oasis" called Shahr-e Naw Park — a place that briefly became a staging ground for conservation scientists. In The Snow Leopard Project ...

WAKHAN, Afghanistan-- In a picturesque corner of Afghanistan, a unique conservation effort has helped bring the elusive snow leopard back from the brink and given hope to one of the poorest and ...

Located in the Hindu Kush Mountains of the Wakhan Corridor, an isolated panhandle of land connecting Afghanistan with China, Mount Noshaq stands at 7,492 meters (24,580 feet) in height.

Afghanistan was once a major draw for international tourists through the 1970s. The region is home to many species of wildlife, including Marco Polo sheep, urial, ibex and snow leopards.

The highest mountain in war-torn Afghanistan was recently reopened to climbers. The event was celebrated in grand fashion — with an expedition to the summit. IE 11 is not supported.

More than 30 people in Afghanistan have been killed in avalanches after heavy snow, officials said on Wednesday, with the bad weather set to last for two more days after an unusually dry winter ...

For many, Afghanistan does not at first conjure up images of black bears and musk deer. But that's just what Alex Dehgan found when his team went there in hope of establishing the first national park.