Nirmal Purja achieved what many considered impossible in the world of high-altitude mountaineering. In 2019 he completed ...

Experts say the impact of climate change is clearly visible in the Western Himalayas, which is bearing the brunt of the ...

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 ...

The verified record no other bird matches The bar-headed goose holds the verified altitude record for a bird crossing a ...

The Himalayas are home to a vast diversity of species, consisting of 10,000 vascular plants, 979 birds and 300 mammals, including the snow leopard, the red panda, the Himalayan tahr and the Himalayan ...

Glacial ice carves its way downhill.

The Himalayas are more than just a range of spectacularly high peaks; they are also a unique habitat for a variety of rare animals. These species have adapted to the extreme conditions and now thrive ...

As glaciers melt, the Himalayan region will face extreme weather ranging from floods to drought and unpredictable monsoon rains Pavel Novak via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 2.5 A sweeping report ...

The IMD has issued a yellow alert for Himachal Pradesh, while Uttarakhand is on high alert for flash floods and landslides.

Hindu scriptures say that in "a hundred ages of the gods" you could not do justice to the Himalayas. So where do mere mortals start? Knowing where to go in an area 10 times the size of France is ...