China’s proposed 60GW dam at the ‘Great Bend’ of the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet may have its roots in the country’s internal ...

An international team of scientists has identified fossils of snow leopards for the first time. The discovery has allowed ...

Lightning strikes make collecting a parasitic fungus prized in traditional Chinese medicine a risky occupation.

Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering ...

Maisu has some 30 handicraft workshops and around 2,000 artisans skilled in traditions such as copper casting, black pottery, ...

China would have to demolish the mountain to access the enormous energy resource that was found beneath Tibet. The excessive ...

Just as border tensions seemed to be easing, the Yarlung Tsangpo River project raises new questions between the two countries.

Since China has effectively dammed every river that flows into India, it can use water as a weapon of war by controlling ...

Two NASA astronauts are preparing for the first spacewalk of the year aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The ...

Chinese researchers have surveyed snow leopard populations across an area of approximately 360000 square km on the ...