Scientists may finally have an explanation for why Mount Everest is so much taller than the other great Himalayan peaks – and still growing. Everest is known to be growing by about 2mm a year ...

A new study says Mount Everest is about 15 to 50m taller than it would otherwise ... Eurasian plates 40-50 million years ago formed the Himalayas and plate tectonics remains the major reason ...

And as if it weren't breaking enough records already, the canyon is also home to the tallest tree ever discovered in Asia — a 335-foot-tall (102 ... it could be a Himalayan cypress (Cupressus ...