Illegal wildlife trade and habitat fragmentation that has increased human-wildlife conflict are threatening the wildlife across the Hindu Kush Himalayan region, an international expert has said.

Chennai: The last thing N Raveendran, a Madurai-based naturalist, expected to see when he participated in the vulture census in the forests of the Nilgiris was a Himalayan griffon vulture.

A major earthquake, of magnitude 8 or greater, may strike Jammu and Kashmir, endangering the lives of as many as a million people, latest geologic mapping in the Himalayan mountains of the state su

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The Supreme Court today agreed to consider a plea for increasing the number of vehicles allowed to ply between Manali and Rohtang Pass to meet the demand during the tourism season.

Although the Himalayan wolf is visibly distinct from its European cousin, its current distribution has mostly been a matter of assumption, rather than evident truth.

The Palghat gap is a low mountain pass in the Western Ghats that is located between Nilgiri Hills to the north and Annamalai Hills to the south.

Seeds of exotic plants illegally collected in the Himalayas are being sold in the UK, the BBC has found.