With the influx of cheap imported meat, nomadic herders are having to tighten their belts. Some can’t even afford to eat ...

Ladakhis, I’ve learnt, have a long tradition of weaving with pashmina, yak and sheep wool. The production and ... has never been anywhere near an animal. Alas, the shopkeeper tells me it ...

Spread the loveIn Evergreen, Colorado, firefighters rescued a three-year-old yak from a frozen pond at the Evergreen National ...

This animal has a thick two-layered coat that grows long in the ... lower elevations during the winter while staying in higher elevations during the summer. The chiru’s wooly coat keeps them warm.

Similarly, Gentle Forest (China) focuses on yak wool as its core material ... significantly reducing the reliance on animal-derived resources. Beyond Asia, brands such as Maison Farah Wali (Egypt) and ...

With large ears that radiate heat and help keep the animal ... A grazing yak. Image via Depositphotos. Yaks, living at high altitudes on the Tibetan Plateau, are built to thrive in cold and ...

With large ears that radiate heat and help keep the animal ... A grazing yak. Image via Depositphotos. Yaks, living at high altitudes on the Tibetan Plateau, are built to thrive in cold and ...

Scientists at Colossal Biosciences have achieved a milestone to resurrecting the woolly mammoth: laboratory mice with thick, ...

Colossal Biosciences genetically engineered a ‘woolly mouse’ with mammoth traits. The milestone could inform human gene therapy.

A team of scientists in the United States claims to have engineered a genetically modified mouse with traits from the long-extinct woolly mammoth. The so-called "Colossal Woolly Mouse" was developed ...