At the top of the world, there is a sea—the remains of one, at least. The summit rocks of Mount Everest, the highest ...

Every year the world-renowned Tucson Gem, Mineral & Fossil Showcase is like a time portal, a trip around the world, and a treasure hunt all rolled into one. Every winter, more than 65,000 guests from ...

(CNN) — An amateur fossil hunter has uncovered a piece of animal vomit dating back 66 million years on a beach in Denmark. Peter Bennicke noticed a “strange small cluster of lily pieces in a ...

Fossil of Protorosaurus speneri. Image by suvuk79 - Own work, Copyrighted free use, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=86190644, via Wikimedia Commons ...

Want to make the most of your telescope? You need a mount to match. We have rounded up the best telescope mounts in time for February's Venus and moon convergence. The right telescope mount can ...

Contributed photo BAYFIELD, Wis. — The Wausau/D.C. Everest ski team delivered a dominant performance at the 2025 Northern Conference #4 race at Mt. Ashwabay, securing top finishes in Slalom, Giant ...

But they have also been used to give mountaineering teams and tourists a shortcut over challenging terrain in the Sagarmatha National Park, home to Mount Everest, the world's highest peak.

Two hidden mountains, more than 100 times larger than Mount Everest have been discovered deep underground. The two ‘islands of rock’ each measure more than 620 miles / 998km tall, dwarfing ...

Earth's biggest mountains, more than 100 times taller than Mount Everest, have been discovered on the boundary between Africa and the Pacific Ocean, a groundbreaking research, published in the ...

Nepal will increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35%, making the world’s tallest peak more expensive for mountaineers for the first time in nearly a decade ...

(AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File) Solar panels operate near a burned forest in Acharnes suburb, on Mount Parnitha, in northwestern Athens, Greece, Aug. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas, File) The ...

Climbers wishing to scale Mount Everest will soon see a sharp rise in permit fees - in a bid to ease congestion on the world’s highest peak. Nepal yesterday announced the jump in fees - the ...