Scientists may have just toppled a 100-year-old theory about what holds up the highest mountain range on Earth, new research shows. The Himalayan mountains formed in the collision between the Asian ...

We are delighted to introduce the special issue of Journal of Systematics and Evolution on the Himalayas. This issue features 11 cutting-edge studies that employ genomic approaches to explore this ...

Mount Everest increases in height by about 4 millimeters each year due to tectonic plates constantly moving. The height is changing because the Indian tectonic plate is pushing below the Eurasian ...