Somewhere in the foothills the takhi were grazing. As the conservationist J. Tserendeleg once put it, “Mongolia is not Mongolia without horses.” Horses are so vital to the national identity ...

Considered the last of the world's true wild horses, the takhi is making a triumphant return to Mongolia. Khomiin Tal, Mongolia - Long absent from the Mongolian steppe, WWF welcomes the arrival of the ...

Przewalski’s horse, also called takhi, are considered to be the only true wild horse left in the world. We will join research on an ambitious reintroduction project based in Mongolia that has returned ...

The horse has a deep connection with Mongolian history, its presence an integral part of Genghis Khan's conquests, from Asia to Europe. Thanks to a reintroduction project in 1992, the takhi ...

More than 3,000 years ago, the ancient people of Mongolia were experimenting with equine dentistry, making them the oldest known veterinary dentists on record. The earliest evidence of horse ...

Archaeologist and grantee, William Taylor, from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, was part of an excavation that helped discover horse burials on the Mongolian steppe.

“Takhi” is a Mongolian word meaning “spirit” or ... and meetings would see the rangers sharing food and horse news every evening. Our camp consisted of traditional gers – beautifully ...