ULAN BATOR, Mongolia — He’s 15, but after a childhood with too little to eat, he looks no older than 10. Born the year that Mongolia became a democracy after decades of communist dictatorship, ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). I scramble up the rocks as my guide, Nergui, silently beckons me forward. He’s motioning to something on a granite outcrop ahead. I ...

In downtown Ulaanbaatar, on a pedestal in the Central Museum of Mongolian Dinosaurs, stands a 70-million-year-old Tarbosaurus bataar dinosaur from the southern Gobi Desert. In 2012, the Tarbosaurus ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Breanna is a freelance adventure travel writer. Life on the taiga isn’t easy. There’s a constant threat of wolves. The ...

ALTANBULAG, Mongolia – It was another harsh winter on the central Mongolian steppe, with temperatures dropping to nearly 50 below zero Fahrenheit and thick snow covering the rolling grasslands. More ...

Like nomads the world over, Mongolian herders must follow their livestock to new feeding grounds and watering holes. Some months, in fact, Mongolian nomads may pull up stakes every few days. To make ...

“City of Wind” depicts a version of Mongolian everyday life that is both traditional and modern. Ulaanbaatar is shown as messy and sprawlingly urban in a fashion that will be familiar to millions of ...

ZUUNKHARAA, Mongolia -- There are many ways to measure the success of Mongolia's 20 years of democracy. One is by visiting here. This town once bustled as a railroad hub nestled between the city of ...

The difference between old ways and new ways is vividly demonstrated in “Khadak,” a strange movie shot in Mongolia. The opening reels of this picture seem to happen in an eternally pre-modern world.

SUKHBAATAR, Mongolia — In the midst of barren sandy land scattered with dry shortgrass, a vast Scotch pine tree forest swallows the viewer into greenery. A total of 11 million trees span 3,250 ...