The Ganges River’s mystic waters cascaded over a precipice ... the base of a 6,600-metre peak called Meru. Meru is a striking shark tooth-like formation that very few mountaineers have conquered ...

Just imagine you are swimming in the Ganges River, enjoying the cold sacred water that washes away your worries and cleanses your soul. But suddenly, your feet touch something mobile inside the water.

The Ganges river in India is more than 2,500km long and has the most populated river basin in the world. Hundreds of millions of people and a huge range of wildlife rely on the river Ganges. But ...

shark – the Ganges shark, the New Guinea river shark and the speartooth shark, with other unidentified species reported from rivers in Borneo.’ And there is also one very special species of ...

India's holy Ganges begins as a crystal clear river high in the icy Himalayas but pollution and excessive usage transforms it into toxic sludge in places on its journey through burgeoning cities ...

They're known as the Tiburon in Spain; the Zambezi in South Africa; the Ganges shark in India; the Nicaragua shark in Central America; and the Swan River Shark in freshwater areas of Australia.

The dark ribbon curls down a dirt embankment and flows into the Ganges River. "That's toxic runoff," says Rakesh Jaiswal, a 48-year-old environmental activist, as he leads me along the refuse ...

The ghats, or steps leading into a body of water, at Varanasi, India’s holiest city in Uttar Pradesh, are crowded with people, some bathing in the Ganges River, others performing ceremonies on ...

The Ganges river abruptly changed course 2,500 years ago following a devastating earthquake, according to a new study that raises concerns about the prevailing risk of megaquakes in South Asia.

India’s Ganges River shifted abruptly due to a distant yet massive earthquake around 2,500 years ago, new geologic evidence suggests. Such changes have been observed in other rivers in recent ...

And yet, never has a luxury river cruise sailed the Ganges — at least not one that compared to world-class river itineraries in other parts of the world. This changed last year, when India's ...

The Ganges river in India is more than 2,500km long and has the most populated river basin in the world. Hundreds of millions of people and a huge range of wildlife rely on the river Ganges. But ...