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New Layer Discovered in Earth’s Core

If you journey to the center of the Earth,...
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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...
A giant armadillo and young.

Science Links of the Week 

A passion for the natural world drives many of...

Adventure Links of the Week

When we’re not outdoors, we get our adventure fix...
Climber maneuvres on the vertical rock wall, Greenland's ice in background.

New Winter Route on Greenland’s Big Walls

Twenty-six days had passed without news from Marcin Tomaszewski...
the hunt

Weekend Warm-Up: ‘The Hunt’ To Restore Indigenous Identity

How do Native Americans reclaim the identity that was...
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Motorola Defy Satellite Dongle Brings Off-Grid Texting to Smartphones

Leave it to one American cellular brand to condense...
A young man 'talking' in different languages, represented by different countries' flags.

From Esperanto to ‘Clicks’: Getting to Know Some of Our World’s Lesser Known Languages

The nearly eight billion people in the world speak...
herb and ginny oedel at bradford ski area

The Last Run: Man Hangs Up the Boards After 90 Years of Skiing

At a tiny ski mountain in a minor New...
mont blanc

A Winter Repeat of Mont Blanc’s Legendary Freney Central Pillar

It was probably a normal Valentine's Day for alpinist...

Black Hole The Size of 20 Million Suns Speeding Through Space

An enormous black hole has left the center of...
an orca whale

Orca Cares For Pilot Whale Calf in Never Before Seen Behavior

Scientists studying orcas off the west coast of Iceland...
castle in the desert

Exploration Mysteries: Ksar Draa

Recently, a spectacular image of a castle-like structure standing...
the climbers wave from the middle of a seemingly endless rock face.

A Winter Repetition of Cazzanelli’s Landmark Matterhorn Route

On Monday and Tuesday of this week, Jerome Perruquet...
The James Webb Telescope against the backdrop of a galaxy

‘It’s Bananas’: James Webb Telescope Finds Six Galaxies That Challenge Current Understanding

A group of scientists trawling through the original batch...
snow leopard in the mountains

‘It’s Their Eyes’: Intimate Snow Leopard Pic Wins Wildlife Photo Contest

Photographs like the one above don't come easily —...
Tiny figure of Kobusch dragging his sled on a huge flat glacier, mountains in front of him.

Denali: Jost Kobusch Reaches Pickup Spot

The summit is only halfway, especially on Denali. Jost...
fin whale

‘Beyond Belief’: Massive Fin Whale Pod Sighting Prompts Fishing Scrutiny

On a January 2022 morning in the Southern Ocean,...
a frog

Frogo Baggins: Scientists Name New Amphibian After J.R.R. Tolkien

When scientists surveying a stream in Rio Negro-Sopladora National...
The peaks, quite dry, in a bright sunlingt.

A First Glimpse of 2023 Everest & the 8,000m Spring Season

It's Gyalpo Losar today, the Tibetan New Year's day....
Richard Kohler arrives in Brazil.

Kayaker Paddles 7,000km From South Africa to Brazil

Richard Kohler (53) has successfully kayaked 7,000km from Cape...
a roman carving of a phallus

Dildo, Pestle, or Torture Tool? Historians Ponder Uses Of Ancient Roman Phallus

Historians taking a closer look at a 2,000-year-old "darning...
Mitre Peak seen from Concordia Camp.

Savage Soul: The Lone Ascent of Mitre Peak

A sharp, aesthetic 6,000'er in Pakistan's Karakoram, Mitre Peak...
Geisler mountains Alps

A Dolomites’ Dozen: Italian Solo-Traverses 12 Peaks In 3 Days

Simon Gietl has once again proved himself a master...