There's a lot of time for contemplation when you're milking cows in Mongolia. 90-year-old Lkhagvajav Bish has milked them for decades. She's a nomadic herder, and she follows them in their endless ...

Xilingol League, China--(Newsfile Corp. - July 22, 2025) - Mid-summer breathes life into Inner Mongolia's grassland, where lush pastures glisten after seasonal rains, nourishing herds beneath vast ...

For herder Bayarduuren Zunduikhuu, it is also one of the busiest. “We wake up as the sun rises,” she says. “Spring is all about the cashmere harvest.” Like many members of Mongolia’s estimated 300,000 ...

An aerial view of the Xilin Gol Grassland in Inner Mongolia. When I first left Inner Mongolia to work in Shenzhen 15 years ago, the locals would ask me rather ...

Mongolian goats produce the world's highest quality cashmere wool, and international demand has soared. There's a problem, though. These goats are... How Your Cashmere Sweater Is Decimating Mongolia's ...

Lkhagvajav Bish's herd of cashmere goats feed on the winter grass in a valley in northeastern Mongolia. The goats' sharp hooves cut through the soil surface, and their eating habits — voraciously ...