In his latest dispatch, Ben Ayers offers advice on where to stay, what to eat, and how to manage the extreme altitude along ...

Climbing the highest peak on each continent is one of the most iconic challenges in the world of mountaineering. Popularly ...

Astronomers have discovered over 100 new alien worlds so far this year — some many light-years away from Earth — that ...

Mount Everest towers more than 29,000 feet above sea level. Donald Trump cuts off trade talks with Canada, "effective ...

Four climbers went up and down Everest in under a week with the help of xenon gas—a record-breaking ascent that has ignited controversy in the mountaineering world.

Which cat lives on Mount Everest? Which one barks—and which hunts more successfully than a lion? Test your knowledge of the ...

Forces of tourism on one hand and climate change on the other are posing huge challenges for these marginal environments.

Trouble was the trigger was set on daylight savings time, which had ended a week earlier. For the first time, the inside ...

Siv Harstad, a Summiter, joins John Landecker to talk about how she overcame her fear of heights to climb Mount Everest and ...