In India’s remote Ladakh region, rising temperatures and erratic weather are making the wind-swept plains less hospitable to ...

Nearly 40 nomads on the lakefront operate yak-riding businesses, while about 90 own horse-riding businesses. Some of the nomads own two or three "riding yaks", but Yontan just has one.

Yak riding at nearly 12,000 feet and minus 20 degrees is one of the key activities at the Khelo India - Zanskar Winter Sports and Youth Festival in Ladakh. Ladakh is one of the most sought after ...

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

The Himalayan yak has been accepted as a food animal by the scientific panel of Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI), after recommendation from Department of Animal Husbandry and ...

Food Animals are those that are raised and used for food production or consumption by humans. The NRC-Yak had in 2021 submitted a proposal to the FSSAI, for considering the yak as a food animal.

Jianquan Liu and colleagues report the draft genome sequence of the domestic yak, Bos grunniens. Their comparative analyses with low-altitude cattle provide insights into high-altitude adaptation ...