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

Nepal is known as the country with the most mountains because almost its entire landscape rises into the Himalayas. The ...

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 ...

Mount Everest, located in the Himalayan Mountain Range, is the tallest mountain in the world. It reaches an elevation of 29,032 feet. The mountain itself is nestled between Nepal and Tibet, in an ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Caption: Joshimath is a Himalayan town of about 20,000 in northern India. Almost three years ago, residents were forced to leave after deep cracks appeared in the walls of some 800 homes because the ...