SINGAPORE — Monster hunters who hoped science would prove the existence of the Yeti once and for all will not like this news, but conservationists might be heartened. A team of scientists ran DNA ...

But the yeti stories run deep here, and denial means more than casting off an old belief. "My parents, my village, they still believe," says Wangchuck, a genial, erudite man. When he talks about the ...

The yeti or abominable snowman — a mysterious, ape-like creature said to inhabit the high mountains of Asia — looms large in the mythology of Nepal and Tibet. Sightings have been reported for ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Among scientists, not much is known about the evolutionary history of brown bears in the Himalayas and Tibetan plateau. These rugged creatures, which represent two subspecies of the ...