As the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates slowly collide, the Himalayan mountains continue to rise. However a new study suggests the Indian plate may be peeling apart, causing a slab tear. Scientists ...

Tibet may be tearing in two beneath the rising Himalayas, with pieces of the continental plate peeling off like the lid off a tin of fish, researchers have discovered. According to new research ...

This picture was taken by A. Coolbiere while on a road trip through the Himalayan Mountains in Tibet. The Himalayan mountain range is about 1,500 miles (2,400 km) long and stretches from Pakistan to ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Gilded surfaces shimmer, woven carpets ripple with color, and sculptural forms twist into intricate ...

Varanasi: A recent DNA study on Himalayan populations reveals the strongest genetic ties with Tibet and Siberia, while links ...

Research from Monash University reveals the climate history behind Asia's summer monsoon—Earth's most influential climate system. In a new study published in npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, an ...

Concern is increasing over the role of the Tibetan market in the trade of tiger and Asian leopard skins, with many animals hunted every year in the Himalayas to meet the market demand in Tibet. Lhasa ...

The Tibet Himalaya Initiative (THI) at CU Boulder celebrated the success of its inaugural semester with a graduate colloquium and reception in the Koenig Alumni Center on November 11, 2015. More than ...

Until now, the fauna of the Himalayas was considered to be an “immigration fauna," with species that have immigrated primarily from neighboring regions since the geological formation of this mountain ...

An eons-long collision that created the Himalayas, the world's tallest mountain range, may also be splitting Tibet apart into two pieces, new research suggests. The collision of the Indian and ...