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The Spirits Known as ‘Zangbeto’ That Safeguard African Villages
Law and order runs a bit differently in Benin,...
Atlantic Ocean Used to Teem With Giant Predators
Scientists have discovered a sea monster that once roamed...
Weekend Warm-Up: Yo-Yo Tricks in Space and Other Highlights From Astronaut Don Pettit
Leave it to an astronaut to start playing with...
We’re Doomed: Watch These Robots Dance to Pop Music
In a terrifying development, a Chinese company has unveiled...
Famed Everest Documentarian David Breashears Dies at 68
The mountaineering community has lost a luminary.
David Breashears died...
Falling Rock Changes Route on Patagonia’s Fitz Roy
Thawing permafrost on the granite spires of Patagonia is...
Alpine Mystery: Nicolas Jaeger’s 1980 Disappearance on Lhotse Shar
Any list of almost-forgotten climbers who deserve to be...
Hidden Martian Volcano Taller Than Everest Could Hold Glacier
Astronomers in Houston announced a Texas-sized discovery on the...
Barneo Is On This Year, But Do You Want To Go?
An insider's view of what's happening with the famous...
Everest: On Track For Another Record Year
It's packing time in Kathmandu for the companies outfitting...
Webb Telescope Finds Planet Covered in Boiling Water
Astronomers think they have discovered a planet covered in...
Patagonia: Amazing O’Driscoll Completes Skyline Traverse of the 4 Torres del Paine
Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll continues to raise the standards of...
Hamor, Meroi, and Benet Back to Kangchenjunga
Old rockers never die, they say, and veteran alpinists...
Diabetic Rower Dies on Trans-Atlantic Voyage
One long-distance rower set out across the Atlantic Ocean,...
560 Miles in 6 Days: Camille Herron Sets New Women’s World Record Run
American ultrarunner Camille Herron has set another world record.
This...
Swiss Tragedy: The Five Haute Route Skiers Died of Cold
Details have emerged about the five family members who...
Inside a Powerful Ancient Man’s Tomb: Dozens of Human Sacrifices
A newly discovered tomb in Panama contains a fortune...
Canada West to East: The North to South Gang Begins Another Mega-Journey Soon
Two years after (mostly) crossing Canada from north to...
Herders Struggle to Survive Deadly Mongolian ‘Dzud’ Winter
Herders in Mongolia are undergoing an unusually harsh winter...
Is It Curtains For the World’s Largest Glacier? What About Curtains Around It, Instead?
For some years now, scientists have warned climate change...
Five Haute Route Skiers Dead, One Missing Near Matterhorn
Five skiers are dead and one is still missing...
