For herder Bayarduuren Zunduikhuu, it is also one of the busiest. “We wake up as the sun rises,” she says. “Spring is all about the cashmere harvest.” Like many members of Mongolia’s estimated 300,000 ...

Cashmere is an unlikely candidate for controversy. It conjures up images of cozy, expensive scarves, made from the belly hair of goats roaming across the steppes of Mongolia, using techniques and ...

Scientists said Thursday they have cloned a rare Himalayan goat in Indian-controlled Kashmir, hoping to help increase the number of animals famed for their silky soft undercoats used to make pashmina ...