Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Himalayan rocks hold magnetic clues about their origins. Craig Robert Martin, CC BY-ND Breathing quickly in the thin mountain air, ...

Experience the breathtaking beauty of the Himalayas as we travel through one of the world's most spectacular mountain ranges.

How and when do mountains grow? It is tempting to think of mountain formation as something that takes place only extremely gradually, on timescales of tens of millions of years. One tectonic plate ...

The Himalayas have always been mysterious, unexplored, unsolved, ancient, silent, and breathtaking in a way that one is ...

This aerial view captures the serene beauty of a Himalayan valley near Srinagar, where a calm river winds through vast green meadows surrounded by towering mountains. A small bridge crosses the ...

Himalayan glaciers are shrinking far more rapidly than glaciers in other parts of the world. Glaciers have lost roughly 40 percent of their area in the past several hundred years. The Himalayan ...

For more than a century, scientists believed this cheerful-looking creature lived only in the Hawaiian Islands.

Breathing quickly in the thin mountain air, my colleagues and I set down our equipment. We're at the base of a jagged outcrop that protrudes upwards out of a steep gravel slope. The muffled soundscape ...

Breathing quickly in the thin mountain air, my colleagues and I set down our equipment. We’re at the base of a jagged outcrop that protrudes upwards out of a steep gravel slope. The muffled soundscape ...