TUV AIMAG, Mongolia – Through three decades of marriage, they have wandered together across the rolling hills of Mongolia's northern Tuv Province, accompanied by their herd of sheep and stalked by the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

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, ...

Mongolia's government is taking pains to keep traditional nomadic culture alive – and hoping to boost revenue streams as a byproduct. Naadam's international status is a function of both the growing ...

From the passenger seat of an old Toyota van, Mongolia’s scenery seems to change with the breeze: Rocky lunar landscapes give way to rolling grasslands, while purple mountains crumble into flaming red ...

Luvsanbaldan Batsukh rests next to his horse after herding sheep and goats in Khishig-Undur in Bulgan province - Copyright AFP Miguel MEDINA Luvsanbaldan Batsukh ...

According to new research, nomadic horse culture -- famously associated with Genghis Khan and his Mongol hordes -- can trace its roots back more than 3,000 years in the eastern Eurasian Steppes, in ...

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 ...

For millennia, Mongolians have lived off the land with their livestock in round ger dwellings that they pack up and move with the seasons. A quarter of Mongolia's 3.4 million people still lead nomadic ...