Nepal-Tibet floods live updates: Death toll reaches 392 as Australians remain among hundreds missing
Here is a summary of today’s events: At least 392 people have been killed and nearly 1,500 are…
Nepal–Tibet floods live updates: Australians among hundreds missing as death toll reaches 160
The Agence France-Presse (AFP) wires agency has collated a list of the nationalities of those confirmed to be…
The Vulnerable Cheer Pheasant of the Himalayas
Chir-a-pir chir-a-pir chir chir-chirwa chirwa and chewewoo. This unmistakable call, loud and sharp, once echoed across the steep…
Medicinal herbs that traditional healing relied on are vanishing
Gyatso Bista remembers the sacks of kutki. As a child learning to become a healer in Nepal’s kingdom…
Rising Human-Bear Encounters in the Himalayas
It could have been the Rockies. Or Kodiak Island. Or Kamchatka. Instead, Pakistani singer-songwriter Quratulain Balouch was recently…
Mauro Marinelli Wins 2025 Wheelwright Prize for Research on Mountain Architecture Across the Alps, Andes, and Himalayas
Mauro Marinelli. Image © Francesca Dusini with Courtesy of Harvard Graduate School of Design Share Share Facebook Twitter…
Unique animals of the hills and the places they can be seen
The Tibetan antelope, or chiru, inhabits the cold, arid high-altitude plateaus of Ladakh and the Tibetan Plateau. Adapted…