Hiking up a mountain in Vietnam, scientists noticed a half-asleep creature under a fallen tree. Something about the “slender” animal caught their attention — and for good reason. It turned out to be a ...

Fansipan in northwestern Vietnam. It’s a member of the mole family but resembles a shrew with its long snout, thin tail and ...

A viper with scales that look like eyelashes and a leaf-nosed bat are among dozens of new species identified in South-East ...

A soft furred hedgehog, a high-altitude crocodile newt and a keelback snake are some of the of the 234 new species to have ...

The mountain town sits beside Vietnam’s highest peak, Fansipan (10,312 feet), and on the doorstep of a national park that’s more than twice the size of San Francisco. It’s a great place to ...

The peaks of Fansipan, the highest mountain in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, experienced its first frost of the year's winter season as temperatures dropped to 2 degrees Celsius, covering the ground ...

Vietnam's Mount Fansipan, the highest mountain on the Indochinese Peninsula, is taller than previously thought. The peak in the Lao Cai province of Vietnam's mountainous north was remeasured ...

A thin layer of frost covers the summit of Fansipan, Vietnam’s highest peak, in the northern province of Lao Cai, November 23, 2024. Photo: Sun World Fansipan A thin layer of frost covered the summit ...

Scientists found a half-asleep creature with a “window” in its eyelid on a mountain and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Nicolas Spehler via Unsplash Hiking up a mountain in ...

The snake has been named the H'mong keelback (Rhabdophis hmongorum) in tribute to the porters and the Indigenous Hmong community near Mount Fansipan, Vietnam's highest peak, located in Hoang Lien ...