Mercury is released by environmental and human-driven processes. And some forms, specifically methylmercury, are toxic to ...

The elite Sherpa team tasked with fixing ropes to the top of Lhotse summited today, marking the first summit of the season on the Himalayan peak. Lhotse, meanin ...

A Scout group in Petts Wood has launched a fundraiser following the “devastating theft and vandalism” of their minibus.

Fueled by hometown pride and a coach’s early influence, the 62-year-old has turned thousands of miles and sky-high summits ...

Like many titles and place names given during the era of colonization, the Mount Everest name gave zero recognition to the title used by locals. Tibetans had, for centuries, called the peak Chomolunga ...

A cyclist has said climbing Wass Bank in the North York Moors more than 50 times – scaling the same height as Mount Everest – was a ...

Mount Everest is the highest point on Earth, ushering now hundreds of adventures to try their hand at the summit every year.

Caitríona Balfe has landed her first movie role since wrapping production on Outlander. The actor, who will bow out as Claire ...

Dispatches from Everest newsletter. What name should we call the world’s highest peak? In this week’s Dispatches from Everest ...