The caterpillar fungus, locally known as yartsa gunbu (literally: summer grass winter worm), found in the highlands of Nepal, is one of the most profitable medicinal species. Also known as the ...

The caterpillar fungus is believed to be an aphrodisiac and is known as yartsa gunbu by locals. Describing its aphrodisiacal properties, ancient Tibetan texts mention that men who consume yartsa ...

Over-picking and climate change threaten the future of yartsa gunbu and the communities that have come to rely on income generated by the lucrative fungus.

In the remote, high-altitude pastures of Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan and India, the cordyceps is known by the Tibetan phrase yartsa gunbu ("summer grass, winter worm"). It is believed to strengthen lungs ...

This story appears in the August 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. The thing Silang is searching for, on hands and knees, 15,000 feet above sea level on the Tibetan plateau, is ...

His research examines intersecting questions of state-making, Indigeneity, and multispecies worldmaking; specifically, as they transpire in contestations over yartsa gunbu at the interface of ...