The largest underwater volcano in the world is not actually located near East Japan, but rather in the northwestern Pacific ...

Mount Everest, part of the Himalayan mountain range, towers along the Nepal-Tibet border at around 8,850 meters (29,000 feet) high. Not only is it the tallest worldwide, it leaves its surrounding ...

Mount Everest’s towering height isn’t shaped by tectonic forces alone. Its continued growth owes a quiet debt to nearby rivers. These rivers, cutting through deep gorges, have helped lift the ...

Yes, Everest is based on a real-life tragedy in which eight people died while trying to climb Mount Everest in 1996. Several climbers who survived the storm wrote memoirs about their experience on ...

In this Saturday, April 11, 2015 photo, a bird flies over tents set up for climbers at Everest Base Camp in Nepal. AP Despite some applauding the change, other climbing bodies suggest the 23,000 ...

You’ve probably seen photos of the congestion on Mount Everest, with a line of several dozen climbers stretching down an icy slope. This year, approximately 450 climbers are vying for the summit.