Mysterious glowing 'red sprites' lightning appears over Himalayas – What are they?
A quiet night in the Himalayas turned into something magical. High above Tibet, rare red flashes lit up the sky. These were ...
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Unsung heroes of the Himalayas
During the inaugural World Day for Glaciers on March 21,  two men who have spent years working behind the scenes in the ...
Mountain scops-owl sighted in Haryana for 1st time
Gurgaon: The elusive mountain scops-owl (Otus spilocephalus) — sometimes referred to as the spotted scops owl — was ...
Is “Everest” a True Story? A Look Back at the 1996 Disaster on Mount Everest That Took 8 Lives
Eight people died on Mount Everest in May 1996, but the film only highlights five of the deceased: guides Andrew Harris ...
Elusive striped creature — with disc toes — found for first time in Tibet. See it
A creature rarely seen since it was discovered more than 100 years ago was found for the first time — accidentally — in Tibet.
5,800 Himalaya rock glaciers store water equal to several lakes
Researchers from IISER Pune, University of Kashmir, and IIT Bombay and Roorkee, among others, studied 5,807 rock glaciers in ...
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Mysterious red lightning seen over the Himalayas
They look like glowing red jellyfish in the sky. Now, imagine seeing these rare lights over the tallest mountains on ...
The North Face Just Took an Era-Defining '90s Jacket Off Ice
How do you celebrate a legend of the cold-weather scene hitting middle age? You dust it off, pat it on the back, and barely ...
Khrew-Pahalgam Mountains Need Massive Plantation Not Roads!
Cement Factories & Scientific Reports The proposed Khrew-Pahalgam road project will not only be disastrous for the Pampore ...
“Everest” true story: Here’s what happened to the real Mount Everest disaster climbers (plus a side-by-side look at the film’s cast)
Though Jason Clarke and Jake Gyllenhaal lead an A-list cast in Everest, the real star of the 2015 movie is the mountain ...
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Glaciers in Eastern Himalayas see marked retreat
See All Key Ideas New research sheds light on the impacts of climate change on glaciers in the Eastern Himalayan state of Arunachal Pradesh ... The study was able to capture these changes using 51 ...
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Trail camera captures incredible footage of ultra-rare mountain creature: 'More elusive than the snow leopard'
Rare shots caught on trail cameras in Northern India have provided encouraging evidence that a special animal species is calling the western Himalayas home ... Snow Leopard Trust posted the photos to ...