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

In the remote Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, a rare fungus grows inside dead caterpillars. In traditional Chinese medicine, this ...

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

Tens of millions of tonnes of copper uncovered in resource-rich region as nation’s mineral-exploration breakthroughs mount.

The Tibetan Plateau, with its average elevation of 14,800 feet, presents numerous aviation challenges due to its thin air, ...

The height of the Tibetan Plateau makes it dangerous for the airplanes to fly over it. The mountain's disruption of airflow ...

Chinese media also reported that as of 10 a.m. local time, multiple aftershocks were recorded, the largest of which was 4.4.

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

Early Tuesday morning, many people in Tibet were woken up as the world around them shook from a major magnitude earthquake.

At least 126 people were killed in Tibet by this week's earthquake of magnitude 6.8, the fifth-deadliest since 2008, data ...

More than 3,600 houses were damaged, it said. Its epicenter, located in Tingri county high on the Tibetan plateau, was close to the border with Nepal, around 50 miles north of the world’s highest ...

Sikyong Penpa Tsering, a Tibetan politician based in India, said that the international media is not allowed to cover the ...