The Wildlife Conservation Society is praising a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to list the Tibetan antelope as an endangered species. The New York-based society said it has conducted a series ...

Adult Tibetan antelope have overcome oxygen deprivation on the high-altitude Tibetan Plateau through an unusual adaptation in which they permanently express a form of hemoglobin (the iron-containing ...

Tibetan antelopes live at high elevations where the partial pressure of oxygen is roughly half that at sea level — how do they do this? An adult male Tibetan antelope or chiru (Pantholops hodgsonii) ...

Returning from a recent 1,000-mile expedition across Tibet's remote Chang Tang region, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) biologist George Schaller reports that the Tibetan antelope -- once the ...

The Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) today applauded a decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list the Tibetan antelope, also known as “chiru,” as an endangered species.

Chinese experts oppose the suggestion of raising Tibetan antelope in captivity as a way to protect this rare wild species from extinction. As Tibetan antelope is under the threat of rampant poaching ...

May 17, 2013, Shenzhen, China---- Why Tibetan antelope can live at elevations of 4,000-5,000m on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau? In a collaborative research published in Nature Communications, ...

The latest update of The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species reports that species like the Giant Panda, Tibetan Antelope, the Bridled Nailtail Wallaby, and the Greater Stick-nest rate have improved in ...

Liu Qiuying waved her arms as quickly as she could in the middle of the busy Qinghai-Tibet Highway while a heavily-laden truck hurtled toward her. After the driver abruptly applied the brakes she ...

A ranger feeds a white Tibetan antelope cub found in Nyima County of Nagqu City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, July 13, 2024. A ranger feeds a Tibetan antelope cub in Nyima County of ...

The Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) today applauded a decision today by the US Fish and Wildlife Service to list the Tibetan antelope, also known as "chiru," as an endangered ...