Mount Everest is getting taller. The peak is already the highest in the world, at roughly 29,029 feet above sea level. But ...

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

More than 340 people have died trying to climb Mount Everest, according to Nepalese officials, so finding human remains on ...

Did a massive meteorite that struck Earth over three billion years ago give microscopic life the spark it needed to thrive? A ...

How to reach the top of the world. Iowa State's Audi Crooks embraces being center of scoring ...

Mount Everest, towering at 8.85 kilometers above sea level, is still increasing in height, according to recent findings.

A century after his death, George Mallory's final words went on display in Cambridge. A century after he died trying to ...

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 ...

A huge space rock four times the size of Mount Everest named S2 is thought to have crashed into Earth around 3.26 billion ...

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

An area dubbed “Rainbow Valley” may sound like a happy place but when it comes to Mount Everest, it is far from it.

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