On the high-altitude plains of Tibet, ringed by snowy mountains and buffeted by harsh winds, scientists are hard at work ...

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 ...

Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Our Amazing Planet Yaks are coming back. At least they are in a remote reserve on the Tibetan Plateau. Researchers recently counted ...

Chinese scientists have successfully produced 10 cloned Tibetan yaks at once, marking a milestone from individual to group animal cloning. The breakthrough could help restore the endangered animal’s ...

Zoologists in the Tibet Autonomous Region have launched a major embryo transplant program that will hopefully preserve and improve the congenital quality of yaks, a species native to the Qinghai-Tibet ...