Over the last 50 years, Nepal has become an incredibly popular international tourist destination, especially for those who love trekking and mountaineering. Yet, while Nepal's Himalayan ranges have ...

A farmer walks his horse downstream to the river of Kali Gandaki as soaring, snow-clad peaks loom over a landscape riven by rocky clefts. Credit: Tulsi Rauniyar In the desolate and seldom visited ...

July 24 (Reuters) - Mountainous Nepal, where a small plane carrying 19 passengers caught fire during takeoff in the capital on Wednesday, has a sorry history of deadly air crashes. Before Wednesday's ...

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Explorers have discovered a series of caves decorated with ancient Buddhist paintings, set in sheer cliffs in Nepal's remote Himalayan north, leaving archaeologists excited and ...

The famous photograph of porters struggling to carry an automobile down from Chitlang Pass into Kathmandu during the Rana period. Original: Unknown/Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya Passing time scouring the ...

New species of gecko were found on the walls of 16th-century forts in Nepal. Bhattarai, et al (2025) ZooKeys Centuries ago in the Siwalik Mountains, a range in the outer Himalayas, ancient people ...

Nepal's living goddess, the Kumari, a young girl embodying Goddess Taleju, continues an ancient tradition. Chosen through rigorous trials, she resides in seclusion, bestowing blessings upon devotees.