An Augusta native has become a free-climb world record holder – climbing some of the highest peaks in California in under 22 hours.

WELLINGTON, New ZealandA mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person on Thursday after a new law granted it all the rights and responsibilities ...

A mountain in New Zealand has been given the same legal rights as a human being in a unanimous parliamentary vote. Taranaki Mounga (or maunga), formerly named Mount Egmont by European settlers, is the ...

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The film surpassed Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling’s starrer Oscar-winning film La La Land to enter the top ten highest-grossing movie musicals of all time list. Scroll below for the deets.

The Conversation Africa chatted with the study's lead author, Julian Schrader , about the findings on African islands' plant life, including the fact that Madagascar has the world's highest ...