The colorful swirls and stripes that characterize China's Rainbow Mountains would have remained hidden without the epic ...

moved south from Eurasia, while tropical species moved north into the foothills, eventually meeting in the high mountains. The main Himalaya, stretching for 1,900 miles and varying in width from ...

Mountains from around the world have always ... Formed millions of years ago by the collision of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates, Everest remains one of the most iconic peaks on the ...

"The Eurasian plate was partly crumpled and buckled ... And that's why there are marine fossils on the (not quite) highest mountain in the world, and many other mountains on Earth.

Snow and ice fell on the high mountains, locking up water far from the oceans. Sea levels plummeted, exposing land bridges between Africa and Eurasia and between Eurasia and North America.