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.

Uttarakhand is home to several rare and endangered species of herbal, medicinal and aromatic plants due to its unique ...

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

Keki N Daruwalla is a true pioneer in Indian writing in English. Among his ten volumes of poetry are The Keeper of the ...

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 ...

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

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

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.

A team from the National Institute of Mountaineering and Adventure Sports has scaled an unnamed and unclimbed 20,942-foot ...

The team immortalised the momentous feat by naming the peak "Tsangyang Gyatso Peak" in honour of His Holiness the 6th Dalai ...