Mongolia’s Bogd Khan Uul was originally protected by an ally of Genghis Khan and is home to Bronze Age petroglyphs, ...

The view in October from a hill in northern Ulaanbaatar overlooking one of the city's many ger (yurt) districts. The view in October from a hill in northern Ulaanbaatar overlooking one of the city's ...

Nestled in the remote forests of northern Mongolia, where bone-chilling winter temperatures plummet to minus fifty degrees, one of the world's most extraordinary nomadic cultures continues to thrive.

High in the mountains, Kazakh herders have lived in careful balance with wolves for centuries. Now a celebrated tradition has ...

More than 600,000 nomadic herders have moved to the city in search of work after dzud. n Ulaanbatar, Mongolia, more than 600,000 nomadic herders have moved to the city in search of work after dzud, or ...

“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 ...

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Life for nomads in Mongolia is evolving as many transition from traditional herding to urban economic opportunities. Despite this, around 40% of Mongolians maintain a nomadic lifestyle, relocating at ...

The fabric is made from the undercoats of the local goats, which develop a particularly tight fur to survive the harsh winters, where temperatures can drop as low as -40°C. In past decades, cashmere ...

Farming reporter Zoe Geary spoke with Sean Keane to get a behind-the-scenes look at the life of nomadic sheep herders in a ...

When you’re living a nomadic lifestyle, you need to travel light. But that doesn’t mean you can’t have a deluxe roof above your head. Here, videographer Dan Grossman filmed Shagdarsuren Herelchuluun’s ...

One of the most iconic popular images of Mongolia is that of nomadic herders, riding horses and living in gers (yurt tent-houses). The other is of powerfully built Mongolian wrestlers in traditional ...