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Contest Showcases Some of the Best Nature Images You’ll Ever See
The California Academy of Sciences has announced the winners...
Lithuanian Bear Drama Ends Well After Hunters Refuse to Shoot
A young female bear spent last weekend roaming the...
Weekend Warm-Up: Disney’s Vintage ‘The Alaskan Eskimo’
In 1954, the Academy gave the award for Documentary...
‘Dragon Man’ from 1930s Actually First Denisovan Skull Found
Humanity's closest relatives, both extinct, are the Neanderthals and...
Massive Rockfall Kills 2 Hikers, Injures Others in Banff National Park
Canada’s most popular national park turned deadly Thursday, when...
Nanga Parbat: Climbers’ Positions on the Diamir and Rupal Faces
Rope fixers have begun securing the lower section of...
Stir-Crazy in Antarctica: A Brief History
BY DANIELLA MCCAHEY
As Midwinter Day comes to Antarctica –-...
Denali: Slovak Direct Soloed, Season in Full Swing
It's the height of the climbing season on Alaska's...
Astronomers Spot New Planet Forming Around Young Star
Astronomers have filmed what seems to be the birth...
Czech Pair Make First Ascent of Hunza Peak’s SW Face
On June 18, Radoslav Groh and Zdenek Hak climbed...
Highliners Cross 800m Tightrope Between Mont Blanc Peaks
On June 11, 14 highliners successfully connected and crossed...
Ultar Sar: Climbers Detail Their First Ascent of the SE Pillar
Sebastian Pelletti, Ethan Berman, and Maarten van Haeren have...
Ousland and Colliard Complete Ellesmere Island Crossing
After 49 days and over 1,100km of skiing through...
New Route on East Ridge of Spantik in the Karakoram
Mueez Ud Din of Pakistan and Mathieu Maynadier from...
Hidden Treasure Hikes: Where to Search for Lost Loot Across America
BY WILL BRENDZA
Finding a cache of gold out in...
Legendary Alpinist Krystyna Palmowska, 76, Dies in Climbing Fall
One of Poland's great alpinists of the 1970s and...
French Climber to Solo Khumbu’s Khangri Shar This Fall
There was a time when climbers revealed their plans...
France’s Deepest Shipwreck Found, 2.5Km Below the Surface
The deepest shipwreck ever found in French waters has...
Italians Target Gasherbrum IV’s Unrepeated Bonatti-Mauri Route
An Italian team is attempting an alpine-style climb of...
