The Himalayas Mountain Range stretches across South and Central Asia, forming the highest and most extensive mountain system ...

The Himalayas stretch across the northeastern portion of India. They cover approximately 1,500 mi (2,400 km) and pass through the nations of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, Bhutan and Nepal. The ...

Tibet may be tearing in two beneath the rising Himalayas, with pieces of the continental plate peeling off like the lid off a tin of fish, researchers have discovered. According to new research ...

For almost a week, 40 workers have remained trapped within an under-construction tunnel in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, following a landslide that sealed off its entrance. Rescue operations, employing ...

Violence marked most of the world’s trouble spots last week: bloodletting in Algeria, upheaval in Argentina, a shadow war in South Viet Nam, a coup d’état in Syria. Almost unnoticed was an event of ...

The highest mountain range in the world, the Himalayan range is far reaching, spanning thousands of miles, and holds within it an exceptionally diverse ecology. Coniferous and subtropical forests, ...

Siachen Glacier is known as the Crown of the Himalayas because it is one of the largest and highest glaciers in the Himalayan–Karakoram region, located at a very high altitude with major strategic, ...