Sky Islands And Starry-Eyed Frogs: Breathtaking Photos Of Remote Ecosystems

"Prasenjeet Yadav's photography grew out of the wildlife and soil on his father's farm in the central Indian state of Maharashtra."

"As a kid he loved nothing more than to watch 'the ants and the birds. I'd look at the animals day in and day out' Yadav says. 'And not just see to them, but to try to understand what they are doing, to understand their behavior.'"

"That passion to comprehend the bugs and the birds led Yadav to get a master's degree in molecular biology. He eventually studied molecular ecology at the National Centre for Biological Sciences in Bangalore. Now he describes himself as a 'natural history, environment, ecology, conservation, science photographer based in India.'"

"The 30-year-old Yadav immerses himself in scientific field studies of remote ecosystems and endangered species."

"My approach always has been that these pictures should have a life beyond what I'm showing in them," Yadav says of his projects. "The story should be much larger than just the visuals. The story should reach out to a larger audience. It should create awareness and make people care a little bit."