An American climber was rescued after she and another alpinist from the U.K. were stranded for two days at more than 20,000 feet in the Himalayan mountains. Michelle Dvorak, 31, and Fay Manners, 37, ...

The mighty Himalayas came into existence because of a massive collision between two giant pieces of Earth’s crust, the Indian plate and the Eurasian plate. This powerful impact began around 60 million ...

From the sacred blue poppies that can be found growing in the high-altitude meadows of the Himalayas, to the elusive orchids that can be found growing in the misty Himalayan forests, the flora that ...

In the high Himalayas, water often carries colour with it. Some rivers run pale with glacier melt, others turn brown with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mudslide in Dharali (Reuters) -At least four people were killed and more than 50 were missing after flood waters swept through a ...

Mr. Shukla is a strategic affairs analyst and former Indian Army officer. NEW DELHI — On a freezing December day on a remote Himalayan mountain ridge, Indian and Chinese soldiers fought with sticks, ...

LADAKH, India — Carrying her 1-year-old son on her back, Tsering Dolma herds a dozen yaks into a stone-walled corral as evening approaches in the desolate mountains of India’s remote Ladakh region. A ...

How were the Himalayan mountains shaped? Surprisingly, long before the collision between what is now India and Central Asia. To understand the mechanisms, geologists from the University of Adelaide ...