The critically-endangered river shark had only been sighted a handful of times in the 21st century. Then one Indonesian ...

She is said to have descended to Earth to release humankind from suffering, a gift from the creator Brahma. Every Hindu in India learns the story of the goddess Ganga and the medicinal qualities of ...

A blue stream spews from beneath brick factory buildings in Kanpur, India. The dark ribbon curls down a dirt embankment and flows into the Ganges River. "That's toxic runoff," says Rakesh Jaiswal, a ...

More than 2,000 years ago, a powerful king built a fort on the banks of India's holiest river, on the fringes of what is now a vast industrial city. Today, little of the ancient construction remains, ...

A major earthquake 2,500 years ago caused one of the largest rivers on Earth to abruptly change course, according to a new study. The previously undocumented quake rerouted the main channel of the ...

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The river dolphins of India’s sacred Ganges River have long been revered, being written into Hindu religious tracts dating back thousands of years. Although surviving for centuries, today their ...

Half a year ago, one man set off on a 5,778-mile journey to sound the alarm about India's ailing rivers. So organizations have taken action. Jaggi Vasudev, known as Sadhguru, is a popular yogi who ...

Having first launched cruises on India's Ganges River in 2016, Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection is now enhancing those sailings with a new wellness program centered around the destination's ...