Climate change and the end of Soviet state support have forced 600,000 to migrate to the capital, leaving it struggling to cope.

Raspberries (Rubus idaeus) are Ripe

Early hay crop harvest

Sockeye wildfire at mile post 77 of the George Parks Highway near Willow.

Batogoo Dorj is a nomad in southern Mongolia’s Bayankhongor Region who makes his living raising cashmere goats. Each spring, Dorj can shear about 300 grams of the valuable, downy wool from each of his 350 goats. Those voracious and sharp-hoofed animals are contributing to the desertification and climate change that is reducing Mongolia’s available grazing land.