Blake Mathys grew up on a central Ohio farm, going to exotic animal auctions with his father. They collected Scottish ...

Melodee Smith just wanted one yak when she drove to Cold Spring, Minn., years ago. When she returned to Clear Spring Farm in Welch, Minn., she had seven. Now, with 35 yak in her herd, and nine more on ...

Move slowly. That’s the first thing you learn here. The yaks don’t like sudden movements. Lynda Gehring models her advice well. The sun is coming out on this cool and windy this morning, so Lynda ...

LADAKH, India (AP) — Carrying her 1-year-old son on her back, Tsering Dolma herds a dozen yaks into a stone-walled corral as evening approaches in the desolate mountains of India’s remote Ladakh ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is proposing to amend regulations to define yak as an “exotic animal.” This change would make yak eligible for voluntary ...

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — Grant's Farm is introducing its newest family member and joining in a celebration on the other side of the state. Grant's Farm announced on Monday the arrival of a new yak, ...

Mike and Lynda Gehring treat their yak herd like family. Mike nuzzles with one of the female yaks at High Country Critters on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020. Over 20 years ago, when Lynda and Mike Gehring ...