Chinese researchers have successfully delivered a cloned yak via caesarean section (C-section). Born on July 11, the baby yak was bred at a breeding base in Damxung County, southwest Tibet—also known ...

Cloned yak weighed 33.5 kilograms at birth, significantly more than most newborn yaks, according to researchers.

In a first-of-its-kind achievement, China successfully cloned yak to enhance food production and sustainability in the ...

Cloned yak weighed 33.5 kilograms at birth, significantly more than most newborn yaks, according to researchers. Chinese media reports: Cloned yak born in Tibet, weighs 33.5 kilograms at birth.

A display showing yak yogurt produced by Hongyuan Gengpan Cooperative of Farmers and Herdsmen. [Photo by Zheng Liang/China.org.cn] The Maiwa yak on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau have become a surprising ...

SEATTLE — A traveler trying to bring four yak skulls back from Tibet was stopped at Sea-Tac Airport by a dog who smelled something funny.

This brings us to the Dalai Lama and the Buddhist religion. The current Dalai Lama was born Lhamo Thonup in 1935 in a rural and poor section of Tibet. At the age of two, a search team chose him to ...

Tibet is situated on a plateau northeast of the Himalayas in China. For centuries, nomadic people there have herded yaks, large, long-haired relatives of cattle.

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4 yak skulls from Tibet seized at Sea-Tac Airport . Originally published May 10, 2012 at 11:31 am Updated May 10, 2012 at 12:03 pm . Share story. By . Nick Provenza. and . Aaron Spencer.