Like many high altitude, low gradient glaciers in the Himalaya, those in the Kanchenjunga region had shrunk to mere shadows ...

A new genomic study reveals how human populations adapted, survived, and diversified in the Himalayas, one of the most ...

Each year from June to September, a series of heavy rains known as monsoons sweep through the Indian subcontinent, providing ...

Escape to these heritage hill retreats that are steeped in character and surrounded by calm ...

The Himalayan community of Limi has enacted a ban on wildlife's grazing and tourists' picking herbs in the region's sensitive ...

Himalayan salt is a pink-colored salt from the mountains of Pakistan. Along with sodium, it contains minerals like calcium, ...

A Himalayan village in Nepal has vanished — emptied by climate change. Samjung, perched in the high-altitude Upper Mustang ...

The climbing season in the Himalayas continues, with high-altitude expeditions taking on K2 and other 8,000-meter peaks in the Karakoram. After a successful spr ...

These zircon grains preserve a record of the mountain-building timeline: the Gamburtsev Mountains began to rise around 650 million years ago, reached Himalayan heights by 580 million years ago ...

Experts believe the Himalayas are probably the worst affected mountain range in the world given their location in a populous and polluted region.