A bit farther southeast of Mount Everest, the pyramid-shaped mountain of Makalu rises 27,838 feet on the Himalayan Nepalese-Tibetan border. Its remote, four-sided peak makes Makalu one of the ...

They crumple and fold. Some pieces of land are thrust over or under other pieces. The result is a mountain range. The Himalayas, the highest mountains in the world, were created this way.

Mount Everest is part of the Himalayan mountain range in Asia ... up of different sections called tectonic plates. Most mountains are fold mountains, which means they’re created when two ...

Like this shot of a Himalayan lake: But now Expedition 47 ... attention with its own incredible views of the world's tallest mountain range. These photos, many of them by NASA astronaut Jeff ...

At one point, her family had to survive on rotten potatoes,” recalls Sherpa, who works at the Kathmandu-based International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and uses remote sensing ...

Parts of Nepal and Pakistan have also suffered damage. A new study has found that mountains across the globe, including the Himalayas, are now seeing more rainfall at elevations where it has ...

The new global fight for rare earth elements (REEs), which are critical to the high-tech and renewable energy industries, is ...

Ever since I was invited by Sir Edmund Hillary to take part in the Himalayan Scientific and Mountaineering ... of work capacity ever made on a mountain. When the line relating maximal oxygen ...

Roughly 14 months ago, I was sitting in a very different spot: rather than a New York City apartment, I was straddling the saddle of a scrappy Royal Enfield Himalayan Scram 411 ... (and price), but as ...

Hugged by a ring of the Himalayan Mountains, the city is built along ... live music venue and welcomes queer folks as a part ...