An Air France B777-200 narrowly missed central Africa’s highest mountain in early May. Flight AF953 was travelling from Malabo, the capital of Equatorial Guinea, to Douala, Cameroon’s largest city and ...

The mysterious ‘ghost mountains’ – buried beneath kilometres of Antarctic ice – have puzzled scientists for decades.

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Beneath Chile’s brilliant skies, the ELT grows—an engineering giant ready to capture the secrets of the universe with the ...

Like many titles and place names given during the era of colonization, the Mount Everest name gave zero recognition to the title used by locals. Tibetans had, for centuries, called the peak Chomolunga ...

Caitríona Balfe has landed her first movie role since wrapping production on Outlander. The actor, who will bow out as Claire ...

Tragedy struck on Makalu (8,485m / 27,840 feet), the world’s fifth-highest peak, when Alex Pancoe, 39, of Chicago, apparently suffered cardiac arrest at Camp 2 ...

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Linda Blakely tells Sophie Clarke about climbing Everest, rowing the Atlantic and proving life doesn’t stop at 50 ...

A playdate between the world's tallest and smallest living dogs went the way of most dog park encounters despite the 3-foot ...

For a pilot, the first signs of flying into an ash cloud can include sudden darkness, fluctuating airspeed, and landing ...

The 44-year-old speed climber has Mount Everest in his sights as he strives to become the fastest to climb the tallest ...