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 ...

Ever seen a place that looks like Mars, but it’s right here on Earth? Welcome to the Flaming Cliffs, deep in Mongolia’s Gobi ...

Humans can’t go on vacation to Mars yet — but they can go to Mongolia’s Gobi Desert, where MARS-V is developing a new ...

Just around the corner from the vast concrete square built to honor the heroes of Mongolia’s communist revolution, a very different kind of revolutionary activity is under way. Their heads bent over ...

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 ...

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