The frigid, oxygen-poor Himalayan mountains are uninhabitable for many species. Fortunately for yak, their thick wool, robust circulatory systems and hyper-efficient digestive tracts allow them to ...

Yet, for Tibet, there is no alternative ... the “world’s highest cookware factory”), tourist hotspots (ranging from yak farms to peach blossom fields) and cultural spectacles (culminating ...

Common Property and Power: Insights from a Spatial Analysis of Historical and Contemporary Pasture Boundaries among Pastoralists in Central Tibet. [Jianlin H., Richard C., Hanotte O., McVeigh, C. and ...

But this remote village is where Norlha, a luxury brand specializing in ready-to-wear and interior products crafted from khullu—the fluffy down that the yak grows to keep warm through the harsh ...

He cannot sell yaks in Tibet any longer, ever since China restricted yak imports since the pandemic. Mustang is his only market, and that is barely enough to sustain the family. Every year ...

A baby yak was welcomed by zookeepers, the Alaska Zoo said. Screengrab from @Alaskazoo on Instagram Zookeepers welcomed a new yak and now the baby and mama are bonding, Alaska officials said.

Tibet, the remote and mainly-Buddhist territory known as the "roof of the world", is governed as part of China. Historically, Tibet was made up of three major areas - U-Tsang, Amdo and Kham.