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.

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

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 ...

The enduring allure of the Himalayas, once articulated by Swami Vivekananda as a “deeper pull from within,” continues to resonate with profound urgency in our contemporary world. More than a century ...

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

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

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 ...

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.