WHO doesn’t love an island holiday? You get the best of both worlds with bustling old towns and of course, incredible beaches ...

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Mount Thor, also known as Thor Peak, is a mountain in Nunavut, Canada with the largest vertical drop in the world — a ...

Mount Everest may be the tallest mountain on Earth, but it's nothing compared to the towering giants scattered across our solar system. Explore the tallest mountains in the solar system, from Mars ...

Cyril Dupuy, the founder of smart telescope maker Vaonis, has set a new record by capturing Europe's highest-altitude image ...

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When climbing the world’s tallest mountains, what counts as cheating? Four climbers went up and down Everest in under a week with the help of xenon gas—a record-breaking ascent that has ...

Back in 1935, Hunter Fire Tower Observer William (Bill) Byrne was beginning his 20 years of employment with the New York City Fire Department. Now, years later, he was again ...

A teen is in a coma after he hallucinated and walked off a cliff in California, according to his dad.

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Authorities have released what caused the deaths of a father and daughter who were found dead on Maine’s tallest mountain.

It could be a matter of weeks before the Mountain West finalizes its new media rights contract, commissioner Gloria Nevarez told the Review-Journal this week.