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 ...

New disclosures reveal that China’s planned super-dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo — the world’s highest-altitude major river, ...

Tibet, January 24 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 3.0 struck Tibet on Saturday, a statement by the National Center for ...

Research from Monash University reveals the climate history behind Asia's summer monsoon—Earth's most influential climate ...

China is no stranger to massive civil engineering projects, but its latest hydropower effort is impressively large, even by ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...