To put that into perspective, Nagqu is almost twice the size of the UK (244,376 square kilometers) but has a population of ...

Archaeologists have discovered 4,800-year-old relics in the earliest known lakeside settlement in Tibet, officially the Xizang Autonomous Region of China, dating back thousands of years. The site, ...

A new study reveals that Tibetan communities have developed unique adaptations to survive in the low-oxygen conditions of the ...

Tibet's earthquake of magnitude 6.8 that killed 126 and damaged four water reservoirs this week highlights the risks from a hydropower building spree by Asian giants China and India in one of the ...

Passengers on the world's highest train line rave about the stunning mountain views, but say the altitude sickness is ...

Nepal has officially ended solo expeditions on Everest and other 8,000-metre peaks by amending its mountaineering regulations ...

As rescue workers waded through rubble in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in China's remote Tibet region in January 2025, a picture of Tibetan Buddhist monks clearing debris circulated in posts ...

left at least 126 people dead and injured 338 in Tibet. More than 47,000 people in Tingri had to be swiftly resettled in tents and prefab houses, in a high-altitude environment where nighttime ...

BEIJING — Tibet's earthquake of magnitude 6.8 that ... Himalayan region exploit the enormous hydropower potential of high-altitude lakes and rivers — just a fifth of which has been tapped ...

An international research team has revealed the snow leopard's unique evolutionary path by studying rare snow leopard fossils ...