A massive rescue bid to find a 70-year-old American tourist feared lost in the Austrian Alps when his smartwatch sent an SOS was called off when it emerged he was…
A 24-year-old mountain climber plunged more than 130ft to her death as she was hiking on a peak in the Italian Alps with her boyfriend. Victim Giulia Pern's body was…
New research has shown that rising temperatures have made rock glaciers in the Alps unstable. The study, which was led by the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OAeW), showed a significant…
Human remains found five months ago in the Swiss Alps have been identified as an English hiker who went missing nearly 50 years ago. The preserved skeleton of the 32-year-old…
Soldiers on war games in the Austrian alps have been seriously injured after they were flattened by an avalanche as they dug snow caves. At least three German troopers were…
These devilish-looking horned skulls spotted by climbers in the Italian Alps have been identified by UK scientists as belonging to prehistoric wild goats that died more than 7,000 years ago.…
A British climber has been rescued almost frozen to death from a glazier on the Mont Blanc mountain range, in the Italian Alps. The climber, reportedly named as Feda Hussein,…
The iconic triangular chocolate bars made by Toblerone will soon no longer be produced exclusively in Switzerland. The bar's choccy peaks are said to be a tribute to the Swiss…
Scientists in Switzerland have discovered two previously unknown dolphin species that inhabited the area of today’s landlocked mountainous country 20 million years ago. Palaeontologists at the University of Zurich said…
Microscopic pieces of plastic from European cities such as London and Paris have been detected in the Austrian Alps at about 3,106 metres above sea level. Recent measurements taken at…