India, Jan. 28 -- Much before they were turned into instruments of control, Tibet's mountains were once places of refuge and ...

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 ...

Located in the southwest region of the Tibet Autonomous Region, the mountain is a well-known holy mountain, which regarded as the world center by Hinduism, Tibetan Buddhism, Bon (the primitive ...

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 ...

Yangzom Brauen's new family memoir Across Many Mountains tells the harrowing yet ultimately inspirational story of her grandmother and mother's life in Tibet and their subsequent escape and exile ...

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 ...