Scientists have been ringing alarm bells about the future of the Himalayas, known as “one of the world's most sensitive hotspots to global climate change.” Much of experts’ attention has been focused ...

For the first time in the history of the world, billions of people have stopped what they were doing and are hiding indoors, fearful that an invisible enemy might get them. And as tragic as all this ...

The Himalayas, born from a monumental continental collision 50 million years ago, are still on the move today. Driven by the Indian plate sliding beneath the Eurasian plate, the mountains rise ...

Alpine vegetation across the Himalayas is shifting uphill as warming temperatures and changing snow patterns reshape mountain ...

Scientists warn the mountains are changing faster than anyone expected as winter leaves the Himalayas bare and rocky instead of snow-covered From a distance, the Himalayas still look timeless. The ...

The Himalayas, however, can’t handle mass tourism, even under the guise of ecotourism. The slow-paced life and misty ...

A group of eight climbers -- including two Americans -- has gone missing while attempting to scale India's second-highest mountain, sparking a massive search as one official disclosed Sunday they are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Olympic and World Champion biathlete Laura Dahlmeier shows off her medals. The top German athlete won a total of seven world ...

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 world's highest and most spectacular mountains, the Himalaya of Nepal, India, and Bhutan, are built on the foundations of a much older mountain system, University of Arizona geoscientists have ...

The Indian Himalaya Mountains are in the spotlight of tourism safety after seven tourists mountain climbing went missing last week. The missing visitors include two Americans, four Britons, and an ...

A new adrenaline-fuelled experience is allowing travellers to see the Himalayas in a new way – and helping local Sherpa residents in the process. Hurtling downhill on a mountain bike in the Himalayas, ...