The high-altitude hero of the Himalayas, yak are among the few large animals that can survive the extremely cold, harsh and oxygen-poor conditions of the Tibetan Plateau. In the mountainous regions of ...
An international team, led by Lanzhou University, comprising BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, Institute of Kunming Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences as well as the other 12 ...
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Pikas living at high altitudes in Asia eat yak poop to help them survive winter, a new study has found. The small, rabbit-like animals, often compared to Pokémon’s Pikachu character, can't hibernate ...