Palm fossils suggest Tibet had high mountains and deep valleys

A new study has suggested that Tibet may not have been a plateau all the time and perhaps had high mountains and deep valleys

As black-necked cranes return to Tawang, expert says awareness key for survival

Sacred to Tibetan Buddhists, the black-necked crane faces a variety of threats in its only wintering retreat in India

New study adds to calls for formal recognition of Himalayan wolf

The research, conducted by British and Nepalese researchers, confirms that the proposed Himalayan wolf is an ancient wolf lineage, has developed …

हिरोशिमा के रेडियोधर्मी तत्‍व में मिले हिमालयी भूकंपों से जुड़े संकेत

पूर्वी हिमालय के अगले हिस्‍से में वर्ष 1950 में आए 8.6 रिक्&…

Meet the villagers who protect biodiversity on the top of the world

On the Tibetan plateau, the village of Yunta shows that animals and humans can live peacefully and care for each other

Slow drowning of Tibetan grasslands fenced in by Beijing

Drastic changes are being set-off in the sensitive Tibetan region, but climate change is not the only culprit 

'UN must take urgent climate action for Tibet'

Tibetans hold climate march in Delhi to raise awareness about unchecked mining and dams in Tibet which are resulting in ecological devastation of …

WWF report sounds alarm over China's state of biodiversity

Notes that country’s terrestrial vertebrates have declined by half

Sikkim earthquake was unusual for Himalaya

It occurred due to sliding, not thrust motion

Science and Technology - Briefs

Chinese hydropower dam on Brahmaputra becomes partly operational in Tibet

Commissioning of dam bound to raise alarm bells downstream in India’s Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Bangladesh

China debunks greens

China recently released a policy document debunking environmentalists' accusations that it was exploiting the Himalayan region for the benefit of …

The great Himalayan flood

Geological evidence points to a historic inundation

CHIRU IN TROUBLE

LHASA

ECOLOGICAL THREAT

Bird flu in Tibet, Kazakhstan

India sounds caution; nations building drug stockpile

Ozone hole over Tibet

Claims Chinese study

Microbe hunt

Will people gain from project to find beneficial microbes?

With warm regrets

A US boutique is fined for selling shahtoosh shawls. In India, the government plans to ban its sale

Tibetan saga

An environmental report checks the impact of Chinese rule over Tibet

Thriving trade

Bytes

Caught in the crossfire in Nepal

The Bankariyas, a forest-dweller community of central Nepal, have been uprooted from their traditional habitat and are living like refugees in …

Nepal earthquake: death toll crosses 3,600

The toll may further rise as bodies are still feared trapped under the rubble. US, UK and India offer financial aid to Nepal