Yaks are coming back. At least they are in a remote reserve on the Tibetan Plateau. Researchers recently counted nearly 1,000 wild yaks in a rugged northern area of the plateau known as Hoh Xil, which ...

Yaks a-runnin' in a rugged northwestern area of the Tibetan Plateau. Yaks are coming back. At least they are in a remote reserve on the Tibetan Plateau. Researchers recently counted nearly 1,000 wild ...

This is the terrifying moment a large wild yak chased a car as the frantic driver revered away to escape a deadly attack.The shaggy-haired bovine had been grazing on the roadside when it saw ...

Several species of wildlife living on the windswept Tibetan plateau -- including the Tibetan antelope slaughtered by poachers to make luxury "shahtoosh" shawls -- have increased in number over ...

A team of American and Chinese conservationists recently counted nearly 1,000 wild yaks from a remote area of the Tibetan-Qinghai Plateau. A team of American and Chinese conservationists from the ...

A geographic and wildlife scientific survey team has announced a sighting of the largest ever known herd of wild yak in the Kunlun Mountains, a de-populated zone between Xinjiang, Qinghai and Tibet.

The high-altitude hero of the Himalayas, yak are among the few large animals that can survive the extremely cold, harsh and oxygen-poor conditions of the Tibetan Plateau. In the mountainous regions of ...

Eight men once hailed as local heroes who fended off poachers hunting wild antelope in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau have been arrested for alleged corruption, the Beijing Youth Daily reported yesterday.

An ink-painting work with a snow leopard by Meng Fanhua in the exhibition hall in Lhasa on June 19, 2018. [Photo by Palden Nyima] A species unique to the Tibetan plateau and listed as a first-class ...

Snow leopards, wild yaks and other iconic wildlife on the world’s highest mountains and great steppes are becoming “fashion victims” of the surging global trade in cashmere, new research has revealed.

Yaks are coming back. At least they are in a remote reserve on the Tibetan Plateau. Researchers recently counted nearly 1,000 wild yaks in a rugged northern area of the plateau known as Hoh Xil, which ...