High in the mountains, Kazakh herders have lived in careful balance with wolves for centuries. Now a celebrated tradition has become a matter of survival. As climate change affects their prey, wolves ...
In western Mongolia’s Bayan-Ulgii province, home to the annual Golden Eagle Festival, a centuries-old tradition is alive in the rustle of flapping wings. Within view of the Altai Mountains, the new ...
“The Eagle Huntress” is Aisholpan, a 13-year-old girl who wants to become the first female in 12 generations of her Kazakh family to be an eagle hunter, defying an all-male tradition and go through ...