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You’d be forgiven for thinking of snow leopards as ghosts—so few people have ever glimpsed one in the wild. To imagine a single cat picking its way across the jagged backbone of the Himalayas is to ...
I live in India and have traveled all over, but Varanasi is my favorite city. I love its street food, history, river, and ...
The Himalayan village of Samjung did not die in a day. Perched in a wind-carved valley in Nepal's Upper Mustang, more than 13 ...
In the foothills of the Himalayas is Shimla - once the summer capital of the British Raj, known as the Queen of the Hills. Shimla proudly sits 2,200m (7,200ft) in the mountains. It comes as India's ...
Thousands of Tibetan Buddhists gather in Dharamshala, India, to celebrate the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday. On Sunday, ...
It was Donald Duck who first introduced me to the Himalayas. Just as my travels to Central Asia and all the countries ending in “stan” were perhaps inspired by Donald’s many escapades in ...
Misty Dhillon gives a fly-fishing demonstration in the Patapsco River in Ellicott City on Friday, April 14, 2023. The pair built a 1,500-square-foot mud house with a thatched roof to live in ...
The snakes in the western Himalayas were subtly yet distinctly different. Researchers soon realized they’d discovered a new species: Anguiculus dicaprioi, or DiCaprio’s Himalayan snake.
Reporting from Salt Lake City Dec. 1, 2023 Three American climbers lay in the dark, sharing a custom-made sleeping bag on a portable ledge dangling from a massive cliff high in the Himalayas.
A warning shot: One city in the Himalayas shows why climate change is a top priority at the G20. Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants the country to be net zero by 2070.