This March, as Mongolian herder Batsaikhan Enkhee tended to his sheep, the sky suddenly darkened. The wind picked up, filling his shoes and shirt with coarse, heavy sand. A massive sandstorm had engulfed the Mongolian grasslands. "It was dark like the night," Batsaikhanm, 53, told NPR. "I thought I would die."

A 15-year-old boy has died from bubonic plague in western Mongolia, according to government health officials.

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Mongolia has announced plans to restore the use of its traditional alphabet by 2025, replacing the Cyrillic script adopted under the Soviets as it moves away from Russian influence.

The HU is a band from Mongolia that blends heavy metal and traditional Mongolian throat singing.

A dubious project raises serious questions about the world’s most prestigious consulting firm and its work for corruption-plagued regimes. By Ian MacDougall, Anand Tumurtogoo.

For Ottawa photographer Louise Radmore, it was the opportunity of a lifetime: a chance to follow the people of the Kazakh clan of Mongolia as they travelled across the Altai Mountains.

The Baikal Lake is an ancient rift lake located on the Mongolian Border. It is said to be the deepest freshwater lake in the world, and freezes during the winter.

With a bill like a duck but teeth like a croc’s, a swanlike neck and killer claws, a new dinosaur species uncovered by scientists looks like something Dr. Seuss could have dreamed up. By Seth Borenstein.

'If we don't have horses, we're not Mongols'

Fifteen years ago there was no such thing as palliative care - care for the dying - in Mongolia. Now there is, thanks to Odontuya Davaasuren.

In Altansukh Purev’s yurt, the trappings of a herder’s life lie in plain sight. In the corner are his saddle and bridle. By the door, he has left a milk pail. If you didn’t know better, you might think his horses and cattle were still grazing outside on the remote plains of outer Mongolia. But they aren’t. Altansukh’s milk pail stands empty. There is no horse for him to saddle. His cattle are dead. And this tent, which once stood in the countryside, is now on the fringes of the Mongolian capital, Ulaanbaatar, surrounded by pylons, rubble and the husks of old cars.

This spiritual landmark for practicers of Shamanism is drenched in milk and vodka and covered in blue scarves.

A team of Japanese and Mongolian paleontologists have discovered the largest dinosaur footprint ever found in the Mongolian desert. The footprint is as big as a fully grown person, measuring 42 inches long and 30 inches wide. It belongs to the Titanosaur, a dinosaur who, as its name suggests, was very, very large. Titanosaurs roamed the Earth about 70 to 90 million years ago.

Life in Western Mongolia is an adventure. Training eagles to hunt, herding yaks, and racing camels are just a few of the daily activities of the nomadic Kazakh people.

Hollywood actor Nicolas Cage has agreed to turn over a rare stolen dinosaur skull he bought for $US276,000 ($382,000) to US authorities so it can be returned to Mongolia. The US Attorney in Manhattan filed a civil forfeiture complaint on Wednesday to take possession of the Tyrannosaurus bataar skull, which will be handed to the Mongolian Government.

Photographer Palani Mohan captures the last of the burkitshi, holders of an ancient tradition.