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A walrus in Scotland

Another Walrus Visits the UK

A huge walrus has made landfall in Scotland, just...
March 4, 2023
ice climbing in jotnar iceland

Weekend Warm-Up: Dani Arnold Climbs Iceland’s Frozen Giants

Amazon Studios reportedly spent a billion dollars making last...
March 4, 2023
The Global Seed Vault

Take a Virtual Tour of the World’s Most Mysterious Seed Vault

Norway's Svalbard Global Seed Vault is, by its very...
March 4, 2023
backcountry skiers in Nevada

‘A Love Letter To The Landscape’: Skiing Nevada’s 64 Peaks Above 3,000′

Conor Phelan vividly remembers the moment that sparked his...
March 3, 2023
Stefi Troguet inside a yellow tent on the snow, on a sunny day

Everest Without Oxygen 2023 Preview

So far, we know of four people who will...
March 3, 2023
view of the earth from the moon.

It’s About Time: ESA Agrees to Agree on Lunar Timekeeping

Quick: What time is it? An easy enough question to...
March 3, 2023
the amazon rainforest

Amazon Ordeal: Man Survives 31 Days on Worm Diet

A Bolivian man lost in the Amazon jungle for...
March 2, 2023
helicopter in Ciudad Perdida

Lidar: Revealing Archaeology’s Hidden World With A Billion Points of Light

When looters discovered Colombia's Ciudad Perdida ("Lost City") in...
March 2, 2023
KObusch on a steep, hard snow/ice ramp, with 2 iceaxes and an air filtering mask on his face. The curvature of Earth can be appreciated in the horizon line in background.

Exclusive: Jost Kobusch Explains His Denali Descent Route

We caught up with Jost Kobusch during a change...
March 2, 2023
Aksay Horseshoe

Three Climbers Pull Off 15-Peak Traverse in Kyrgyzstan

In modern alpinism, traverses have become one of the...
March 1, 2023
orcas

Two Orcas Kill 17 Sharks in One Day, Eat Only Their Livers

If sharks made their own horror films, I'm pretty...
March 1, 2023
Route-fixing the Khumbu Icefall in 2021.

Everest Prep Begins, Icefall Doctors on Their Way

Climbers are not there yet, but Everest's South Side...
March 1, 2023
a photo of auroras on earth from outer space, with part of a space station in foreground

Astronaut Captures ‘Absolutely Unreal’ Photo of Northern Lights From Space

There are those who say the northern lights are...
March 1, 2023
A climber on a vertical wall, the frozen sea with the low winter sun at his feet.

Tomaszewski and Haldas: Greenland Climbing Report

Three weeks after arriving on Greenland's west coast, Marcin...
February 28, 2023
A cropped version of photographer Nicolas Remy's award-winning spotted handfish photograph.

Photographer Snags Image of Rare Tasmanian Spotted Handfish

There are only 3,000 spotted handfish still crawling around...
February 28, 2023
map showing areas of little or no human impact

This Map Will Show You How Much Wild Space is Left on the Planet

Sometimes it seems like we're running out of wild...
February 28, 2023
Cazzanelli on a summit ridge, snowcapped peaks all around.

Francois Cazzanelli: ‘We Are the Instagram Climbing Generation, in a Good Way’

New lines or first winter ascents are coming almost...
February 28, 2023
travis mcalpine

Beloved Alaskan Ice Climber Dies in Car Crash

After 20 years of ice climbing and snowboarding adventures,...
February 27, 2023
a gas giant orbits a red dwarf in a rendering

‘Forbidden Planet’ the Size of Jupiter Discovered Orbiting Tiny Star

There are laws of planet formation that seldom bend...
February 27, 2023
a huge flat glacier as ween from a plane in low winter light.

Jost Kobusch Back in Talkeetna

Back in Talkeetna after the bush plane finally picked...
February 27, 2023

Polar Bear Day Memories: Lessons From a Close Encounter

Arctic travelers tend to view polar bears differently than...
February 27, 2023
an artist's rendering of the earth's layers

New Layer Discovered in Earth’s Core

If you journey to the center of the Earth,...
February 26, 2023
jonathan siegrist back to the future

Siegrist Goes ‘Back to the Future’ For One of the Hardest Climbs in the U.S.

One unlikely strip of stone in southern Nevada’s Clear...
February 26, 2023
A giant armadillo and young.

Science Links of the Week 

A passion for the natural world drives many of...
February 26, 2023