Mongolia, a land of vast steppes and a rich nomadic heritage, is facing an unexpected challenge: air pollution. As the country urbanizes, coal-fired heating and industrial emissions have turned smog ...

In Mongolia the effects are stark ... and the loans he took out to keep feeding a smaller, hardier herd of goats mean he now struggles to make ends meet. Both his daughters were supposed to ...

Mongolia's nomads are raising an increasing number of cashmere goats. The goats' soft undercoats provide the raw wool for luxury cashmere fabric, and is an important cash income. But this rise has ...

Show more Show less Heavy snowfall and frozen ground means livestock cannot find food Mongolian herder Enebold Davaa's family lost more than 100 goats, 40 sheep and three cows last winter Herder ...