The youngest and oldest mountain ranges on Earth: It might surprise you to know that mountains aren't static; they are constantly being formed and weathered away over millions, even billions, of years ...

The Earth’s shaped by the relentless forces of plate tectonics over millions of years. Because of these movements formed the majestic mountain range we know today as the Himalayas. Did you know that ...

How were the Himalayan mountains shaped? Surprisingly, long before the collision between what is now India and Central Asia.

Matthew J. Kohn receives funding from the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy. These minerals are found in metamorphic rocks – rocks transformed by heat, pressure or both. One of ...

BOISE, Idaho — Taking it one step at a time – that’s local climber Dan Cotner’s motto. The slogan was especially true for his month-long expedition to summit Ama Dablam – a 22,349 foot peak in the ...

The elusive Himalayan Red Fox was spotted in the snow-covered Zojila Pass in J&K's Ganderbal. Himalayan Red Fox, is a subspecies of the Red Fox that is native to parts of the Himalayan Mountain Range ...

An important portion of the Himalaya’s glacier cover is currently stable and, thanks to an insulating layer of debris, may be even growing, a new study finds. The study’s conclusion contradicts a ...

A mountain map of the snowy Himalayas recently went viral on social media, Yangtse Evening Post reported. Dubbed the "the greatest ever map of Himalaya", the picture has received more than 20 million ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Some glaciers in the Himalayas mountain range have gained a small amount of mass between 1999 and 2008, new research shows, bucking the global trend of glacial decline. The study ...