In this Sept. 10, 2011 photo, the sun sets behind a small cluster of nomadic tents, called gers, on the shore of Terkhiin Tsagaan Nuur, also known as White Lake, in central Mongolia. Yak carts, the ...

“Chuu!” I called—the Mongolian version of “giddy up,” but the half-wild horse I sat upon either didn’t understand or didn’t like my American accent. I traveled to Mongolia in August 2025 to see some ...

Just another sad casualty of environmental collapse: These before-and-after shots show how deserts are taking over the pastures where animals once grazed. Up to a third of Mongolians live as nomads, ...

CHIFENG, CHINA — It’s no longer about the armed warriors, Genghis Khan and the robed nomads prancing through lush greenery on horseback. In China’s barely populated Inner Mongolian grasslands, what ...

Armed with a sleeping bag and many (MANY) layers of clothing, I took to the Mongolian countryside to discover what I'm really made of. An icy frost is settling across the land and my sleeves are wet ...

ALTANBULAG, Mongolia – It was another harsh winter on the central Mongolian steppe, with temperatures dropping to nearly 50 below zero Fahrenheit and thick snow covering the rolling grasslands. More ...

Nomadic herders have lived on the Mongolian steppe for centuries. Livestock production is the backbone of Mongolia's economy. But harsh climate conditions and the country's recent transition from ...

The 15-year, $198 million agreement underscores Mongolia's willingness to adopt best practices from other countries in its quest for sound environmental stewardship. Mongolia's government is taking ...

In Mongolia, often known as the land of the blue skies, the sun shines for 250 days on average each year. It beats down on the sparse plains and on the Gobi desert that spans the country's southern ...

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A baby cries for attention while his mother makes tea and tends a stove inside her family’s ger, or yurt. The air inside the heavy canvas walls is thick with the smells of smoke and cheese curd. Two ...