The jaw-dropping gorges of the Swiss Alps were created by a one-two punch of grinding glaciers and slicing rivers, a new study suggests. For years, geologists have argued about the processes that ...

The river Isel, the last longer free-flowing glacial river in the Alps, was today officially declared a "National River sanctuary" by WWF Austria amidst concerns that further hydropower developments ...

The Alps don't just rise in peaks. They descend into stories. Between snow-dusted mountains and emerald valleys lies another Alps quiet, human, timeless. An Alps of cobbled lanes, whispering rivers, ...