By Ryan Truscott Researchers have confirmed the presence of a rare gecko species atop an isolated South African mountain, ...

A TOWERING mountain that rises suddenly from the flat Amazon rainforest is cloaked in mystery. Cerro el Cono, the steep ...

A British mountain guide has scaled Mount Everest Sunday for the 19th time, breaking his own record for the most ascents of ...

With its five flat peaks, Mount Wutai is a sacred Buddhist mountain. The cultural landscape is home to forty-one monasteries and includes the East Main Hall of Foguang Temple, the highest surviving ...

The roughly 2-mile moderately difficult route brings hikers to 360-degree views of Poway and the rest of County, including ...

For an easygoing outing beyond the city limits, try the trail at Maclay Flat. The path is wide ... with some great views of mountains around Missoula. You can learn a lot along the way: 16 ...

Have you ever imagined what Antarctica looks like beneath its thick blanket of ice? Hidden below are rugged mountains, ...

As the snow melts away, Jiminy Peak transitions into a summer mountain adventure park. Among the attractions are an alpine slide, a scenic chairlift ride, a rock climbing wall and the self-guided ...

While hikers take to the peak's popular trails, not all might know about how the mountain within the Phoenix Mountains Preserve was renamed to honor the first Native American woman to die serving ...