"That's why we study this." Women scientists break 'ice ceiling' in cutting-edge field: 'Trying to make science open for ...

Thousands of Hindu devotees began their journey Wednesday for an annual pilgrimage through the high Himalayas in ...

This project aims to enhance resilience in the most vulnerable Himalayan territory by protecting lives, livelihoods, and ...

The study did not include the huge adjoining ranges of high-mountain Asia such as the Pamir, Hindu Kush, or Tian Shan, but other studies suggest that similar melting is underway there as well.

Retreating glaciers — rivers of ice shrinking back as the world warms — are the most tangible and direct evidence of climate ...

The author of Tales from the Dawn-lit Mountains , Subi Taba, is a prize-winning writer from Arunachal Pradesh. | Photo Credit: By Special Arrangement “Love and Longing in Seijosa” entwines the tales ...

As if it likes the challenge, the bar-headed goose doesn’t even bother to take a lower elevation route through the Himalayas. There are documented sightings of the bird above Mount Makalu (the ...

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — A helicopter carrying Hindu pilgrims crashed on Sunday in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, killing seven people on board, officials said. The helicopter was headed to ...

LUCKNOW, India — A helicopter carrying Hindu pilgrims crashed on Sunday in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, killing seven people on board, officials said. The helicopter was headed to ...

Nearly a month ago, a 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck Islamabad and parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including Mardan, Swat, Nowshera, Swabi, and North Waziristan. The epicentre was in the Hindu Kush ...