An ancient meteorite four times the size of Mount Everest may have caused life on Earth, a study has found. The meteor struck ...

Cataclysmic cosmic collisions may have benefited the evolution of primitive organisms early in Earth's history, a study says.

Experts suggest the conditions caused by the impact of the S2 meteorite 3.26 billion years ago may have caused certain life ...

In 1997, after three previous attempts, Brigitte Muir became the first Australian woman to reach the top of Mount Everest. As ...

Mount Everest is the world's tallest and perhaps most famed peak. It draws seasoned and amateur climbers alike and ...

When National Geographic photographer Jimmy Chin and his climbing partners discovered a boot and sock sticking out of a ...

Doctors did not think he would live but if he did, he would never walk, talk, eat, or breathe by himself. But five years on ...

Now, National Geographic reports that one of its documentary teams found a boot (complete with severed foot) with a sock ...

A British mountaineer who at age 23 became the youngest female to climb the 14 tallest mountains in the world says ...

Ed Viesturs is considered by many America's greatest living mountaineer. Don’t get him started on hoaky Guinness World ...

On Oct. 24-27 a crowd of people will descend on Stratton with the intention of repeatedly scaling the mountain as part of an ...

She has Mount Everest (29,032 feet) in her sights again, but first she’s looking to stay in the U.S. and scale the highest ...