Watch this video to learn more about the amazing yak. Image via 8Percent Media/ Pexels. The yak is a robust and resilient mammal that inhabits some of the most inhospitable regions on the planet.
Fatal attractions are a standard movie plotline, but they also occur in nature, with much more serious consequences. As a conservation biologist, I’ve seen them play out in some of Earth’s most remote ...
If you liked this story, share it with other people. In July, researchers Naresh Kusi and Geraldine Werhahn spotted three wild yaks in Nepal, where sightings are rare and the animal was once thought ...
If you liked this story, share it with other people. Traditional herders in Nepal’s alpine rangelands face climate change, rising costs, labor shortages, disease and limited markets for yak products.