Woolly rhinos and many other large, shaggy prehistoric animals first evolved their cold tolerance in Tibet, which served as the evolutionary cradle for Ice Age mega plant-eaters, according to a new ...

Fossil jawbones and teeth of a highly predatory fox have been found in the Himalayas. Researchers say this new extinct fox is likely the ancestor of modern arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus), suggesting ...

Scientists found creatures with “large” mosaic-like eyes in villages of Tibet and Sichuan Province, China, and discovered a new species. Photo from S-C Shi via Ma, Shi, Shen, Chang and Jiang (2024) ...

Chinese researchers have mapped an enormous collection of unknown microbes hidden inside the animals that roam the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, revealing biological functions that could power the next ...

Whose Snow Leopards Are They Anyway?: Towards a tripartite snow leopard conservation template in the Kangchenjunga region of Nepal, India and China. Nivedita Nath, UCLA Who’s Holy Cow is it Anyway?

Paleontologists reports a new genus and species of fossil sheep from the Pliocene of Zanda Basin in Tibet. This finding extends the fossil record for the sheep into the Pliocene of the Tibetan Plateau ...

Scientists found a “lazy” animal with a “purplish” chest in the mountains of China and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Sheng-Chao Shi via Shi, Sui, Ma, Ji, Bu-Dian and Jiang (2023) ...

AnimalSave and Sierra Friends of Tibet will host an animal blessing on Jan. 29 by the visiting Monks from the Gaden Shartse monastery in the Tibetan Refugee Settlement in Southern India, according to ...