The world's highest mountain is buckling under the weight of its popularity. Thankfully, a few organizations have stepped in ...

Lhakpa Sherpa, world record holder for most Mount Everest summits by a woman, has a story marked by both triumph and adversity. While battling domestic abuse from her husband, she found solace and ...

As a sponsor of the extreme Vendée Globe yacht race, Ulysse Nardin has crafted an ultra-sustainable dive watch.

Researchers have discovered why Mount Everest, the highest peak on Earth, is continuing to grow in height. The iconic mountain, which currently stands at 8,849 meters (29,032 feet), is located in the ...

Hundreds of people attempt to climb Mount Everest each year. But thin oxygen levels, altitude sickness, harsh weather such as the extreme cold, avalanches, the risk of falling, and exhaustion ...

Now, National Geographic reports that one of its documentary teams found a boot (complete with severed foot) with a sock labeled “A.C. Irvine.” ...

When the S2 meteorite - which was quadruple the size of Mount Everest - crashed into Earth, it created a series of events that spurred the formation of bacteria and the possible creation of all life.

Mount Everest is the world's tallest mountain as measured from sea level. But will it hold that title forever? To answer this ...

A huge space rock four times the size of Mount Everest named S2 is thought to have crashed into Earth around 3.26 billion years ago, scientists said. Up to 200 times the larger than the one ...

Everesting participants that climb the vertical equivalent of Mt. Everest within the 36-hour time limit earn the coveted Red Hat. The Red Hat is earned, never given or purchased. 29029 does not ...

Here's why the lost explorer’s remains were hunted for so long—and what finding them now could mean. Sandy Irvine seen with the oxygen cylinders that he helped to manage for the 1924 expedition.