Snow isn’t the only source of water for the major Himalayan rivers. While every river differs, snow, on average, contributes to about a quarter of all annual water runoff.

The Himalayan community of Limi has enacted a ban on wildlife grazing and tourists picking herbs in the region's sensitive ...

You’d be forgiven for thinking of snow leopards as ghosts—so few people have ever glimpsed one in the wild. To imagine a single cat picking its way across the jagged backbone of the Himalayas is to ...

India’s most extensive survey of the ‘ghosts of the mountains’ highlighted the importance of shared landscapes and ...

Discover Lahaul, a cold desert in India with glaciers, rivers, and unique wildlife thriving in extreme seasons.

The Himalayan village of Samjung was perched in a wind-carved valley in Nepal's Upper Mustang, more than 13,000 feet above sea level.

Zanskar, located in the Ladakh region of India's mountain highlands, has felt the full force of glacier retreat. With no ...

In a major conservation breakthrough, Ladakh has been found to host 68% of India’s snow leopards, with 477 individuals ...

A 44-year-old man from the Bay Area who went missing earlier this month while hiking in India was found alive after nine days, his family said.

In the icy wilderness areas of High Asia, snow leopards glide like shadows across the snows as the haunting howls of Himalayan wolves echo across the crags. In Nepal, high mountain dwellers have ...