Among them is Laqiong, a botanist and professor of botany at the School of Ecology and Environment, Xizang University. With ...

Glaciers around the globe are disappearing faster than ever, with the last three-year period seeing the largest glacial mass ...

It stands in stark contrast to observations elsewhere on the planet. Scientists mystified by alarming changes to lakes at the ...

Overall, this makes rainwater everywhere – including places like sub-Saharan Africa and South and Southeast Asia, where it’s ...

The survey also identified Nagchu as a habitat for at least six first-class protected species in China, including the Tibetan ...

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

What's the link between centuries-old Tibetan Thangka paintings and Banarasi silk? Why is Ladakh so important for Kashmiri ...

Even though humans are the only remaining hominin species on the planet, our family tree is actually more complicated than ...

According to the second terrestrial wildlife survey in Xizang and the joint survey on wintering crane resources organized by ...

The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, with its low oxygen, low temperature and scarcity of food, poses severe challenges to the physiological adaptation of animals -- in which gut microbiota plays a crucial ...

Most of Asia's major rivers find their source on the Tibetan plateau. However as the global temperature rises, Tibet’s glaciers are melting and grassland permafrost is thawing at an alarming rate.