Ryan Borgwardt pretended to drown in a Wisconsin kayaking accident, then ran away to meet a woman he met online.

The elephants died after drinking stagnant water from pools contaminated by algal blooms.

"The mountain does not define us," says Nima Rinji Sherpa, 18. "We define the mountain."

This list of 68 climbs is effectively a "long list" used to select nominees of the prestigious alpine award.

The 73-year-old anti-whaling activist faces extradition to Japan, where he could be slapped with up to 15 years in prison for interfering with their illegal whaling industry.

Local authorities have since arrested Raineri's tour operator, charging him with "an unlawful act [causing] the death of another person."

Ernest Shackleton died aboard "Quest" in 1922. It's wreck was just discovered off the coast of Canada.

A 20-person hiking party was trapped by storms in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Nearly half died of exposure.

The Andean nation’s last glacier, on the 4,925-meter Pico Humboldt, is now considered extinct.

A pair of Mongolian climbers have been missing for nearly three days in the death zone on Everest (8,848 m).

Despite public outcry, Hawaii’s historic “Stairway to Heaven” is slated for removal this month. We interviewed the scrappy nonprofit fighting to save it.

With wilderness at risk across the globe, which countries are doing the best job protecting land from development? Let’s find out, and learn how you can visit.

A team of 10 Nepalese climbers including Nirmal "Nims" Purja reached the summit of K2 at approximately 5pm local time, completing one of the last great challenges in mountaineering.