GalleryTracking Wily Wolves in Mongolia
Anticipation hangs in the air as I face a fluid wall of descending white. Our volunteer on the project, John Hart, is only steps in Read More
GalleryWhat’s a girl from Minnesota Zoo’s Bird Show doing in a ger in Mongolia?
Taylor Steger, Interpretive Naturalist at the Minnesota Zoo, just returned from Mongolia where she assisted with research to help save the Asian wild horse (also Read More
GalleryHow to Catch a Takhi
The weather in Mongolia is unpredictable at worst and constantly-changing at best. We can wake up in the morning to no wind, and then run Read More
GalleryOff to the Wilds of Mongolia
I brace my hand against a cold window, smearing a palm print onto the foggy glass as I try to keep myself from bouncing around. Read More
Gallery“Sheep Selfies” to Save Asian Wild Horses
I woke up to the wind howling fierce and battering the side of my ger (a traditional Mongolian round house). The cloudless blue sky was Read More
GalleryHelp Save the Last True Wild Horse
Up until Memorial Day weekend you have the opportunity to help save Asian wild horses when you visit the Minnesota Zoo. This species went completely Read More
GalleryLand of the Blue Sky
Get into any car in Mongolia you will see a blue sash tied between the front window visors. Blue scarves are knotted around posts and Read More
GalleryMeet Derjsuren, Park Ranger
I’m greeted by a wide smile of pearly white teeth as Derjsuren graciously invites me into his work-in-progress home. Today he is painting it blue Read More