The Himalayas and the regions nearby are changing and warming faster than expected when compared to low-lying regions.This ...

The Indian Himalayas stretch from China to the border of Nepal, and those who know say the Kumaon region is the most majestic ...

A familiar old tale of the mysterious "mountain beast" known as the Yeti is gaining traction once again, although this time ...

BENGALURU, India — Glaciers are melting at unprecedented rates across the Hindu Kush Himalayan mountain range and could lose up to 80% of their volume this century if greenhouse gas emissions aren’t ...

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 Himalayan Monal, a jewel of the mountains, boasts iridescent plumage in males and camouflage in females, showcasing ...

A new study finds the Himalayas are warming 50% faster than the global average since 1950, accelerating glacier loss, drying, ...

How and when do mountains grow? It is tempting to think of mountain formation as something that takes place only extremely gradually, on timescales of tens of millions of years. One tectonic plate ...

A film festival in Dharamshala, where the Dalai Lama lives in exile, offered a full-circle moment for a film set in Toronto’s ...

Mount Everest is 29,032 feet tall, and every year, hundreds attempt to climb it. Its fatality rate is 1%. Here are five ...

Almost three years ago, hundreds of residents in Joshimath, India, were forced to leave after deep cracks appeared in the walls of some 800 homes because the ground was sinking around them. The town's ...