A recent study reveals the Himalayas' enduring strength stems not just from thick crust but from a rigid slice of Earth's mantle acting as a geologica

Seven members of an expedition to Dolma Khang have lost their lives on Yalung Ri. Meanwhile, rescuers found the bodies of two Italians missing on Panbari.

Three climbers, including a foreign national, have died and eight others are missing after an avalanche struck a climbing expedition on a Himalayan peak in Nepal, police confirmed on Monday. The incident occurred on Yalung Ri Himal mountain, which rises to 5,630 metres (18,470 feet) in the Dolakha district, northeast of Kathmandu.

NEPAL - APRIL 19 : An aerial view of snowcapped Himalayan peaks in Nepal on April 19, 2021. Himalayas is a mountain range in South and East Asia separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has many of Earth's ...

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 slowly pushes up against ... Kamal Bawa's journey to ...

That's the question twins Hugo and Ross tried to answer, when they took on the challenge of climbing Mera Peak, a mountain close to Everest in Nepal. The brothers wanted to see how their bodies reacted to the freezing temperatures wearing different clothes.

It comes after five German mountaineers died after being hit by an avalanche in South Tyrol, in northern Italy, rescuers said on Sunday. Three victims — two men and a woman — had already been recovered dead on Saturday, while the bodies of two other missing people, a man and his 17-year-old daughter, were found on Sunday morning.