Dating back 2 billion years, the Aravalli Range is India's oldest mountain system, shaping the geology and climate from ...

This article is part of our occasional long read series Zoom Out, where authors explore key ideas in science and technology in the broader context of society and humanity. Nestled deep in Central Asia ...

Did you know that India is home to seven major mountain ranges? They are the Himalayas, the Aravalli, Vindhya, Satpura, ...

AMHERST, Mass. - The formation mechanism of the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York has long posed a geologic mystery, say seismology researchers at the nearby University of Massachusetts Amherst ...

Astronauts onboard the International Space Station (ISS) shot these photographs of the Himalayas, the Tibetan Plateau, and the Indo-Gangetic plain. A team of researchers at the Stanford Doerr School ...

The destruction of these ancient mountains may have fueled Earth's biggest evolution booms. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Twice ...

Have you ever imagined what Antarctica looks like beneath its thick blanket of ice? Hidden below are rugged mountains, valleys, hills and plains. Some peaks, like the towering Transantarctic Mountains ...

A plant press used by researchers in the Hengduan Mountains Image courtesy of the Field Museum, Deren Eaton China’s Hengduan Mountain range boasts one of the most biodiverse plant communities in the ...

Parts of western U.S. were once covered in thousands of feet of lava from dozens of Yellowstone-size supervolcanoes that erupted between 40 and 20 million years ago, scientists have said. These ...

Have you ever imagined what Antarctica looks like beneath its thick blanket of ice? Hidden below are rugged mountains, valleys, hills and plains. Some peaks, like the towering Transantarctic Mountains ...

Among the 63 national parks, Big Bend is the only one that encompasses an entire mountain range — the Chisos Mountains. Big Bend National Park in Texas takes its name from the abrupt curve of the Rio ...

Gilby Jepson receives funding from Australian Research Council. Alan Collins receives funding from the Australian Research Council, State and Federal government bodies and a range of minerals and ...