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Did Nepal earthquake shrink Mount Everest ?
Jan 25, 2017Scientists are set to launch a new expedition to find out if the world's tallest mountain has shrunk.
Young gorillas are destroying poacher snares
Aug 21, 2016Some of Rwanda's mountain gorillas have taken a hands-on approach to tackling the threat of snares.
Norway is planning to give Finland a mountain
Jul 30, 2016The summit of Mount Halti could be gifted to Finland to celebrate 100 years of independence from Russia.
Kids in China climb 2,500ft cliff to school
VIDEO May 30, 2016One school in China is so inaccessible that pupils have to climb down a huge cliff just to get there.
Is Everest really Earth's tallest mountain ?
May 18, 2016According to scientists, Chimborazo in Ecuador is actually quite a bit taller than Mount Everest.
Piles of tumbleweed engulf Australian homes
VIDEO Feb 18, 2016Residents of Wangaratta in Victoria have found their homes buried underneath mountains of tumbleweed.
Only known wild jaguar in US caught on film
VIDEO Feb 4, 2016The solitary feline, who has been nicknamed El Jefe, was picked up on camera in the Santa Rica Mountains.
Trekker takes photograph of 'Yeti footprints'
Feb 1, 2016Steve Berry encountered a mysterious set of single-file tracks on a steep mountain slope in Bhutan.
Body found at Russia's infamous Dyatlov Pass
Jan 14, 2016A new mystery has arisen in the area where nine hikers died under mysterious circumstances back in 1959.
86-year-old woman climbs Mount Kilimanjaro
Nov 9, 2015In a remarkable feat of old-age endurance, the pensioner reached the summit of Africa's tallest mountain.
Dawn snaps closeup of 'pyramid' on Ceres
Aug 26, 2015The Dawn spacecraft has managed to take a closer look at the anomaly that it spotted earlier this year.
New mountain range revealed on Pluto
Jul 22, 2015New images from the New Horizons probe have revealed another vast region of mountains on Pluto's surface.
First close-up pictures of Pluto revealed
Jul 16, 2015The first ever high resolution images of the surface of Pluto have been unveiled at a press conference.
'Pyramid-shaped' mountain found on Ceres
Jun 25, 2015NASA's Dawn spacecraft has identified an anomalous structure on the surface of the dwarf planet.
Nepal earthquake actually moved Everest
Jun 16, 2015The world's tallest mountain was shifted three centimeters by the earthquake that struck in April.
'Gateway to Hell' fiery pit found in China
Apr 11, 2015Geologists have been investigating a glowing orange hole that opened up on a Chinese mountain.
Skier survives plunge down vertical slope
VIDEO Dec 12, 2014Cody Townsend made headlines this week after careening down a near-vertical mountain crevice on skis.
New mountain-sized asteroid discovered
Dec 10, 2014A Russian scientist has identified a huge asteroid that crosses the Earth's orbit every three years.
Thousands of mountains found on ocean floor
Oct 4, 2014A new mapping project has revealed the terrain at the bottom of the sea in unprecedented detail.
Ancient reptile named after 'Avatar' creature
Sep 15, 2014A huge winged reptile from Earth's past is very similar to the flying creatures in the movie 'Avatar'.
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