GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. The Tibetan antelope is a medium-sized bovid native to the Tibetan Plateau. This is an arid high-altitude steppe in Central and ...

We turned our faces away from the unfriendly gust and took shelter under a stone column topped with a bronze figurine ... belonged to the chiru, the Tibetan antelope, the beast that had dominated ...

Chinese environmentalists are hoping to promote Tibetan antelope protection by recommending the endangered animal as the mascot for the 2008 Olympic Games to be held in Beijing. The administration ...

Ironically, the thick, fine undercoat that allows the Tibetan Antelope, or "Tsoe," to survive winter temperatures of negative 45 degrees Fahrenheit, may ultimately cause the species' extinction.