Inside the sacred wolf hunts of western Mongolia

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

Mongolia’s wildlife at risk from overgrazing

An Ibex stands on Jargalant Mountain in Mongolia's western Khovd province, where vulnerable habitat is shrinking amid surging livestock numbers - Copyright AFP ...

This sacred site is one of the world’s oldest nature reserves

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

Dzud, the natural disaster affects livestock and wildlife in Mongolia

Mongolians fear from renowned harsh dzud of the Monkey year and therefore, the preparedness of herders was better than ever. Although the first ten days of February observe much lower temperature, the ...
Yahoo

Nearly 5 million animals dead in Mongolia’s harshest winter in half a century, aid agencies say

Mongolia is freezing through its harshest winter in half a century with extreme conditions killing more than 4.7 million animals and threatening the livelihoods and food supply of thousands of people, ...
The New York Times

A Harsh Mongolian Winter Leaves Millions of Livestock Dead

Mass death caused by a weather event known in Mongolia as dzud has devastated herds, leaving thousands of families short of food. By John YoonKhaliun Bayartsogt and Somini Sengupta Khaliun Bayartsogt ...