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Makalu from the rocky morain terrain at Advanced Base Camp

Makalu: One Group Summits, More On the Way

Climbers on Makalu have reached Camp 3 while battling...
taam ja hole

World’s Deepest Blue Hole Discovered

The deepest blue hole on Earth plunges over 400...
a man paddling a canoe

Weekend Warm-Up: Alone Across the Canadian North by Canoe

When an author, Ph.D, and man called one of...
Sentinel satellite image showing Everest and the Khumbu glacier with areas in blue ice marked

Everest Winds Drop, Climbers On the Move

Winds in the Himalaya are slowly dying down as...
Nicolas Roulx and Catherine Chagnon at their start point.

Canada West to East Kicks Off From Alaska Border

Nicolas Roulx and Catherine Chagnon have set off on...
Alasdair McKenzie on the summit of Lhotse, May 2021.

Mystery Cho Oyu South Side Climber is Young Record-Seeker

One of the season's mysteries is out of the...
orangutan before/after with and without a facial wound

Orangutan Seen Healing Own Wound with Plants, in World First

For the first time, an animal has been observed...
A trekker looks up to a helicopter flying low in the vicinity of Everest Base Camp

Nepal Supreme Court Bans Helicopter Airlifts

A powerful new player has entered the debate about...
Detail of the filed teeth from the male individual in grave 25 from Slite, Othem parish, Gotland.

Now We Know Why Vikings Filed Grooves Into Their Teeth

Vikings filed horizontal grooves into their teeth to show...
Mircea on the summit of Aconcagua.

Tackling The Seven Summits from Sea Level

Climbing the Seven Summits may be a great personal...
climber high on a granite cliff

Making the Most of It in Alaska’s Ruth Gorge

There’s a tradition of improvisation on Mount Dickey in...
microscope image of bacteria

Super-Bacteria Found on the International Space Station

The International Space Station seems like the least likely...
Tents among huge horizontal crevasses at the Valley of Silence, the Lhotse face behind.

High Winds Partly Destroy Camps 1 and 2 on Everest

Everest climbers are biding their time in Base Camp,...
Mt. Everest

Climbing Legend? You Still Have to Do Paperwork

"You've got to be joking." That's what Doug Scott scrawled...
The south face of Dhaulagiri I, viewed from Poon Hill at sunrise.

The South Face of Dhaulagiri I: One Of the Himalaya’s Last Great Challenges

The 4,100m South Face of Dhaulagiri I has stymied...
two lions having sex on top of a caged truck

Sex Safari: In the Mighty Jungle, the Lions, er, Don’t Sleep Tonight

It’s 2024, and sex positivity has never been higher....
A line of climbers heading to the Khumbu Icefall on Everest

Everest’s New Rules: One Thumbs Up, One Needs Improvement

Now that the Everest season is in full swing,...
colorful geologic map

China Announces Groundbreaking Moon Atlas

Chinese scientists took a big step forward for worldwide...
smoking crater on snowy volcano

Mt. Erebus: Fountain of Gold, Heart of Darkness

It turns out that Mount Erebus spews a fortune...
painting showing the fall of the Alamo

Great Explorers: Davy Crockett

“Davy, Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier…Davy, Davy...
A view of Pluto's 'heart'. Taken on July 13, 2015 when the spacecraft was 476,000 miles (768,000 kilometers) from the surface.

How Pluto Got Its Heart

Pluto’s most recognizable feature is the giant, heart-shaped area...
Two helicopters fly toward Everest Base Camp.

Drones, More Helicopters Than Ever Buzz Over Everest Skies

Two months ago, it seemed that authorities were going...
portrait of Robbi Mecus with a climbing helmet, giving a thumb's up

One Climber Killed, One Critically Injured After 300m Fall in Denali National Park

Two climbers fell approximately 300m while ascending Mt. Johnson...