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 ...

New report says Himalayas were once seafloor islands. Oct. 5, 2008 — -- Home to hundreds of the world's loftiest mountains, including Everest, the Himalayas take their name from a Sanskrit word ...

Planning your trekking adventures for 2026? Discover the top 20 trekking destinations in India, from the mighty Himalayas to ...

The Himalayas are a bucket-list destination for riders (and non-riders) the world over, a pinnacle of the splendor of nature. Here, the scenery varies from high-altitude desert to abundant ...

I was sitting in a wine bar at LAX when I first noticed the rift. The bartender—perfectly nice, blandly handsome—was trying to sell a passenger on a California red. This was not the Centurion Lounge.

The Himalayas, the world’s tallest mountains, are a meeting point for Earth’s two most populous nations — India and China. These superstates face off across hundreds of kilometers of disputed ...

Scientists in the UK have conducted an analysis of satellite data and uncovered a trend of new vegetation growth at high altitudes in the Himalayas. This expanding coverage of plant life is in-line ...

One of the Climate News Network’s editors, Kieran Cooke, was among a group of journalists recently investigating the impact of climate change in Nepal and the Himalayas. In the last of his reports ...

This story originally appeared on Undark and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Perched on a mountaintop in northern India, the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) ...

Vegetation is expanding at high altitudes in the Himalayas, including in the Everest region, new research has shown. The researchers found plant life in areas where vegetation was not previously known ...

A photo that purportedly shows the view of the Himalayas from space is drawing attention on social media. “This is what the Himalayas look like from space!” read the caption of a Sept. 4 Instagram ...