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Fatal attractions are a standard movie plotline, but they also occur in nature, with much more serious consequences. As a ...
Przewalski’s horse, a species of wild horse that has been successfully reintroduced to the Gobi Desert, shares its pasture grounds with wild asses and free-roaming domestic horses. A scarce ...
The Gobi Desert in Mongolia is half a million square miles of emptiness. Yet it is home to one of the rarest animals on Earth - the Gobi bear. Fewer than forty are known to exist.
In the Gobi desert lives one of the rarest animals on Earth. Known in Mongolian as the Mazaalai, the Gobi bear (Ursus arctos gobiensis) is the rarest of the planet’s eight bear species.
In Mongolia's Gobi Desert, we join scientist Adiya Yadamsuren and track down the elusive wild camels as they seek out the only water around… springs of water that are saltier than seawater.
“In the Gobi, it is difficult to be a herder. No rain, with too many mines. For the last three years, we haven’t had any rainfall and we are just moving with our animals,” Nergui said.
A new study found evidence at least one species of dinosaur may have been an adept swimmer, diving into the water like a duck to hunt its prey.