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 ...

The genomes of monkeys, bats, whales and many other mammals are helping scientists tackle big questions about physiology, evolution and one very famous sled dog. An African savanna elephant, an Amazon ...

More than two decades ago, Doug David of Lenora, Kansas, wanted to diversify his cattle operation, but he was not sure how he was going to do it. Then, one day, he went to a show in Colorado and was ...

Winter on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau is unfriendly to pikas. Temperatures across the barren, windy highlands routinely dip below –30° Celsius, and the grass that typically sustains the rabbitlike ...

A yak is not a common livestock animal in Montana but neither is a camel, but at Spring Brook Yak Ranch you can find both. Yahoo Sports ...