Glaciers in the Himalayas and on the Tibetan Plateau are rapidly melting. Black carbon soot from power plants and fires that falls on the snow and ice there is one reason why, and now scientists say ...

Yaks are coming back. At least they are in a remote reserve on the Tibetan Plateau. Researchers recently counted nearly 1,000 wild yaks in a rugged northern area of the plateau known as Hoh Xil, which ...

Tibet is located on the Tibetan Plateau in Asia. This area lies between China and India. It is the homeland of the Tibetan people, along with other ethnic groups. The history and culture of this ...

Scott Gold includes a few recipes in his book, "The Shameless Carnivore: A Manifesto for Meat Lovers." For New Orleans readers, he especially recommended the Tibetan yak momos, dumplings made with ...

From the earthy mineral pigments ground from azurite to paint a sky, to paper given its luster from yak brains, the creation of Tibetan Buddhist texts is being examined down to its bare materials at ...

Butter (arguably) makes everything better – even tea. For Chime Dhorje, who works at Café Himalaya in New York City, the butter in the cup of tea before him ideally comes from a yak. Yak butter tea is ...

BOYNE CITY, MI-- Tucked on a rolling hillside south of Boyne City sits a green pasture that is teeming with life and a break from reality. The peaceful Kiwidinok Farm is home to around 60 four-legged ...

At a riverside park in Lhasa, a group of yak mascots has recently become an online sensation, attracting millions of views ...

QUILCENE — This is a story of a hat leading to a new life. Patricia Young worked at Tango Zulu Imports, a fair-trade shop in Port Gamble, and loved encountering cultures from across the globe, all via ...