The Himalayas are every adventurer’s dream – those towering peaks, those winding roads, and that overwhelming feeling of grandeur that humbles even the most experienced traveler. But the truth is that ...

Air pollution across eastern India and the Indo-Gangetic Plain has worsened sharply over two decades. Bihar and West Bengal ...

And that is why it is rightly said that choosing travel in the Himlayas is a mammoth task. Cheap travel is not just a bad ...

Hindu scriptures say that in "a hundred ages of the gods" you could not do justice to the Himalayas. So where do mere mortals start? Knowing where to go in an area 10 times the size of France is ...

I was sitting in a wine bar at LAX when I first noticed the rift. The bartender—perfectly nice, blandly handsome—was trying to sell a passenger on a California red. This was not the Centurion Lounge.

Illegal wildlife trade is happening across eight countries in the Hindu Kush Himalaya region and has doubled from 2019 ...

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. is an entertainment editor covering streaming, virtual worlds, and every single Pokémon video game.

Scientists have been ringing alarm bells about the future of the Himalayas, known as “one of the world's most sensitive hotspots to global climate change.” Much of experts’ attention has been focused ...

There are plenty of creatures that make long migrations, but the travels of the bar-headed goose (Anser indicus) are particularly arduous: This bird spends its winters at sea level in India and its ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...