The birthplace of the Mongol Empire, the largest contiguous empire in human history, Mongolia is now a vibrant democracy and home to an open wilderness that has few parallels in the modern world. We ...

With its rolling hills, vast open plains and arid deserts, Mongolia’s Eastern Steppe is one of Asia’s last grassland wildernesses. Great migratory herds of Mongolian gazelle roam here along with 5,000 ...

One of the most iconic traditions in a Mongolian wedding is the exchanging of blue silk scarves, or khadag. During the ...

ONDO Space is developing a system that will allow nomadic herders, in areas without network coverage, to track their ...

On the horizon, a dot of colour appears: a solitary figure astride a horse, cloaked in a brightly patterned Mongolian robe, the steppe stretching out around him. The image is Mongolian lore ...

Subscribe here. The program brings tourists to the families on the Mongolian plateaus and steppes, where they’re hosted by herders in specially-made gers and enjoy local food. While tourists get ...

We wouldn’t be able to find such a small animal in the vast grassland Steppe of Mongolia, and on top of this, they have extremely nervous dispositions. Thousand of miles of undulating steppe ...

Elementary schools for nomadic children are closing as funding and student numbers fall. Meet an architect determined to stop this vicious cycle. As more rural schools close, families are forced ...

Alain Desjacques a wellknown ethnomusicologist takes us on a pilgrimmage to find and record the best traditional musicians and singers on the steppes of Mongolia Desjacques had spent time in ...