Wednesday, 4 November 2026
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Mountain and nature news from around the world: glaciers, wildlife, expeditions, climate and conservation. Every story links to its original source and is updated when the data changes.
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Some arrived dead; others died in an unheated warehouse. The Sloth World Orlando scandal has led to the SLOTHS Act, which would ban sloth imports except for science and conservation.
Requested by Alaska's oil and gas industry, the rule covers incidental take of polar bears and Pacific walruses through 2031. It drew more than 85,000 public comments, nearly all opposed.
After an executive order backing ranchers, the USDA has written to governors of states with wolves. Some are asked to loosen protections, others to keep hunting. The debate echoes Europe's.
With no road in, the team flew by helicopter to a volcanic lake and paddled the Río Cuervo to the sea through jungle, gorges and gruelling portages. The film 'First Descent Rio Cuervo' tells the story.
A 500-kilometre, 24-stage loop links 38 villages across the Serranía de Cuenca, Alto Tajo, Sierra de Albarracín and Montes Universales. Hike it in one go or as four shorter loops.
A journey on foot following a wolf, the life of a black bear, Alaska offline and the most spectacular bivouac huts in the Alps. Banff's book competition, one of the most prestigious in mountain literature, has its category winners.
Hidesuke Taneishi and Tetsu Hashimoto were attempting the first ascent of Gangapurna West (7,140 m), next to the Annapurna massif. Their last contact was on 15 October. A helicopter and a drone made it possible to find them on the south face.
The baby, a male, was born on 17 October to the female Ruzuzi. It is the Bageni family's fourth birth of the year and the park's seventeenth; Virunga is home to a quarter of the world's mountain gorillas.
The equatorial Pacific is much warmer than normal and forecast centres point to a very strong, perhaps historic, El Niño. We explain what it is, what is expected and what it could mean for the snow season.
Three Russian climbers are attempting one of Everest's hardest and least repeated routes this autumn. After two days of struggle above the Lho La, coughing, fatigue and harder terrain than expected have forced them back down to Base Camp.
At 78° north, Svalbard's main town is living Arctic warming first-hand: tap water unfit to drink, homes made uninhabitable by thawing permafrost, avalanches and tour guides changing their routes.
His best so far is 7,537 metres. This autumn he is acclimatising in the Annapurna region, wants to reach 8,000 m before winter and plans to start on Everest on 22 December. He puts his own chances at 20%.
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