These hanging glaciers has increased the exposure of neighbouring populations and infrastructure to significant risks, ...

Alpine vegetation across the Himalayas is shifting uphill as warming temperatures and changing snow patterns reshape mountain ...

A recent study in the journal Frontiers in Conservation Science shows why community engagement in forest restoration is a win ...

At first glance, the towering Himalayas and the narrow Strait of Hormuz seem to belong to completely different worlds. But ...

The Himalayas are every adventurer’s dream – those towering peaks, those winding roads, and that overwhelming feeling of grandeur that humbles even the most experienced traveler. But the truth is that ...

Scientists may have just toppled a 100-year-old theory about what holds up the highest mountain range on Earth, new research shows. The Himalayan mountains formed in the collision between the Asian ...

Have you ever heard of—or even seen—red lightning? These are not animated characters but real atmospheric phenomena known as electrical discharges that occur high above thunderstorms. Scientists refer ...

During the coldest part of the winter in the Himalyas, the snow density is the same as the famed Wasatch powder. The storm rolled into the valley warm and wet. After 24 hours of howling winds ...

A wildlife photographer in India captured what he described as “a true habitat shot” that is a “memory carved in ice and ...

Nepal's diverse mid-hills and Himalayan foothills are home to a hidden treasury of flavours far removed from commercial ...