Text by Arik Gabbai Pourang Mokhtari watches over the family's goats and sheep high in the Zagros Mountains. The Zagros mountains, in Western Iran, stretch for nearly 1,000 miles, from the sands ...

A hilly area surrounding the Zagros Mountains in Iraq is being pulled into the Earth. Understanding why could help predict future earthquakes.What you need to know. Tectonic changes are forcing ...

The peaks of the Zagros mountain range are still dusted with snow ... where grass for their flocks of sheep and goats was abundant. At the end of autumn they would return to Iran’s oil-rich ...

Deep beneath the Zagros Mountains, an ancient oceanic plate is tearing apart, dragging the Earth’s crust with it. What was once the Neotethys Ocean floor is now sinking into the mantle ...

Genomes from people living in the area of Israel and Jordan, the so-called southern Levant region, showed distinct differences to those of people inhabiting the Zagros Mountains. “There has been a ...