The cultivation of alpine plants has a long tradition in Innsbruck. Anton Kerner von Marilaun was Professor of Natural History at the University of Innsbruck from 1860-1878. In 1875, he established ...

Around 15,000 feet the slopes below Mount Everest support a typical alpine community of plants and animals. Above this altitude there is a unique community that is founded on wind-blown organic matter ...

The Himalayas are home to a vast diversity of species, consisting of 10,000 vascular plants, 979 birds and 300 ... from ...

Despite the increasing temperatures, scientists discovered an interesting phenomenon occurring in the Himalayas that keeps ... the permafrost and surrounding vegetation," said Nicolas Guyennon ...