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 ...

An industrial construction site on the upper Mekong, with a Tibetan village on the opposite bank, 2011. Credit: Scott Ezell In 2004, I traveled a thousand miles in the eastern Tibetan plateau by local ...

BEIJING — An avalanche hit Tibet’s Mount Shishapangma Saturday afternoon at 7,600 meters and 8,000 meters in altitude, state-owned Xinhua News Agency said, according to The Associated Press.

Located in Daofu County of Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province, the Zhara Mountains have been one of the sacred mountains since ancient times, according to the legend of Tibetan ...

BEIJING (AP) — American mountaineer Anna Gutu and a Nepalese guide Mingmar Sherpa were confirmed Sunday dead after avalanches struck the slopes of a Tibetan mountain, while two others remained missing ...

Nawang Khechog says he can't imagine not living in the mountains; they are where he will always feel most free. "I'm a mountain man," says the Tibetan flute player, who grew up in the Himalayas and is ...

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Mount Shishapangma is seen from Baiku Lake in Xigaze, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region on Sept. 2, 2023. American mountaineer Anna Gutu and a ...