A Przewalski’s horse stands at the acclimatization enclosure in the early morning hours at the Takhin Tal National Park, part of the Great Gobi B Strictly Protected Area, in south-west Mongolia, June ...

Yesterday we considered the contrasts of modern Mongolian life and the nation’s post-1990 boom. With so much in flux these past few decades it is difficult to find elements of continuity – especially ...

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As the years passed, the Mongol Empire began to crumble under the weight of internal divisions and external pressures. The ...

Four endangered Przewalski"s horses were sent to Mongolia from west China"s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on friday, marking the first time for China to send the horses to another country since ...

Light and agile, children have long held the reins in Mongolian horse racing. But the hazards of the sport make it anything ...

Mongol Derby riders face days of illness, injury in the name of glory. Oct. 3, 2013— -- Think you have what it takes to finish the longest, toughest, most outrageous horse race on earth? The ...

Arthur Dobell is back to the day job having completed the Mongol Derby, although at the sales this week it was obvious he had not emerged from the event unscathed. The bloodstock agent, who has worked ...

THERE are no banks in Mongolia; horses are the currency of the country. For instance, if I ask a man what an article is worth, — a handsome snuff bottle, a jeweled headdress, an amberstemmed pipe, or ...

After more than a week spending 12 hours per day on horseback, one Idahoan finished what’s known as the world’s toughest horse race — and set a record doing it. Robert Long, of Boise, crossed the ...

A Mongolian postage stamp from 1974 commemorating the horse postal relay system. Credit: Adobe Stock As the United States and much of the world face down the spiraling COVID-19 crisis, the functioning ...

Considered the last of the world's true wild horses, the takhi is making a triumphant return to Mongolia. Khomiin Tal, Mongolia - Long absent from the Mongolian steppe, WWF welcomes the arrival of the ...