Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most visitors don’t consider the Himalaya a wildlife destination, but the world’s highest mountains hold a surprising amount of ...

Whenever individuals imagine the Himalayas, they have in mind snow capped mountains, silent valleys and spiritual retreats. Living behind this dramatic landscape though is one of the most unexpected ...

A surge in “helicopter tourism” at Sagarmatha, the Nepali name for Mount Everest, is adversely affecting the local community and wildlife, reports Mongabay contributor Shashwat Pant. Helicopters have ...

This 2.2-metre Himalayan brown bear is rarely seen but critically important. On World Bear Day, experts highlight threats, ...

The lives of many thousands of people who harvest wild plants and fungi in the high mountains of Nepal are set to improve with the launch of a new project by TRAFFIC and partners. High in the ...

In a remarkable wildlife sighting, a rare white female albino Himalayan ‘tahr’ has been recorded in the Dharol beat of ...

The return of wolves to Nepal’s Himalayan region is putting greater pressure on populations of naur, or blue sheep — and by extension on snow leopards, whose main prey is naur. New research shows that ...

A scientific study conducted by the Sikkim University recorded 11 new species of dragonflies and damselflies for the first ...

Over the past 21 years, Village Ways has been leading low-impact tours of remote communities in the foothills of the Himalayas, supporting traditional ways of life and offering a rare glimpse of ...