This is what the new research argues, but fundamentally it is earthquakes that push mountains higher. When the megathrust ...

This is how the mountains of the Himalayas in Asia were formed ... Why not try and find it on a map? Zoom in and have a look for yourself.

According to a new study, a river roughly 46 miles (75 kilometers) from Everest was "captured" by another around 89,000 years ...

Researchers say that two rivers merged some 89,000 years ago and gave the mightiest peak in the Himalayas a huge growth spurt ...

This sudden change can kick-start rapid erosion, which in turn triggers mountain uplift through isostatic rebound.” The findings address two anomalies in the Himalayas: the unusual heights of ...

Rising a couple of millimetres per year on average, Mt Everest is having a growth spurt. A new study suggests that a "pirated ...

The 50-million-year-old Himalayan mountain in East Asia, currently topping off at 29,032 feet, has grown by between 49 and 164 feet in the past 89,000 years, according to researchers from the ...

Back in the 1970s, when Nebuka was chasing lofty Himalayan peaks, he learned about a nomadic group living deep in the mountains that ... be a shorter route on the map, but Nebuka wasn’t convinced.

to complete this moderately difficult walk. Go further into the lower Himalaya range with Shali Tibba trek starting from ...

For professional climbers and commercial mountaineering companies, April and May are the optimal months to reach the "top of ...