The 18-day journey coincided with a heatwave that brought temperatures of nearly 40°C to Switzerland and Italy. View on ...

A wingsuit flyer has died after plunging to his death during a jump in the Swiss Alps. Liam Byrne, 24, was fatally injured on ...

On the hike up, Bertschy, who has an impressive portfolio as a sports scientist, physiotherapist and accomplished mountain ...

Rescuers are hailing as a “four-legged hero” a furry Chihuahua whose pacing atop an Alpine rock helped a helicopter crew find ...

There's a reason dogs have earned a reputation as "man's best friend," a notion that's supported by plenty of stories where an animal's devotion was ...

In the past century, scientists have observed more rockfalls and avalanches in the Alps, a looming threat to nearby villages.

A SCOTTISH wingsuit flyer has died during a base jump in the Swiss Alps. Liam Byrne, 24, tragically lost his life during the jump at Gitschen, a 8,245ft mountain in the Urner Alps, on Saturday.

While Switzerland has the capacity to monitor glacier hazards, many countries do not, including Indonesia, whose Carstensz ...

British wingsuit champion Liam Byrne, 24, has died after crashing during a high-altitude jump in the Swiss Alps. Byrne ...

A 24-year-old British wingsuit flyer was killed on Saturday during a base jump in the Swiss Alps, ... He chased life in a way that most of us only dream of and he soared,” his family said in its ...

Scientists at EPFL have created MammAlps, a multi-view, multi-modal video dataset that captures how wild mammals behave in the Swiss Alps. This new resource could be a game-changer for wildlife ...

The BBC described Mr Byrne as a very experienced wingsuit flyer. He took to extreme sports from a young age. At 12, he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. By the age of 14, he was a licensed paraglider, and at ...