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…
This is the moment a hiker films his farewells to his loved ones as a huge volcano suddenly spews out smoke and deadly gas. The eruption of the Lascar stratovolcano…
A student stranded 5,000ft up an Alpine mountain peak as he searched for the perfect spot for a photo is facing a rescue bill of thousands of pounds. The 20-year-old…
A horrified backpacker was rushed to hospital after a scorpion that had hitched a lift in his luggage stung him as he relaxed back at home on his sofa. The…
An injured lone hiker trapped on an Alpine peak by snow and ice storms needs a "miracle" to survive, say rescuers. The man has been named only as Julian P.,…
A British hiker has died after plunging nearly 100 feet from a mountain in Italy. The 56-year-old woman and her husband had been hiking in the Rosengarten massif in the…
This image shows a loyal dog still lying on its owner’s upper body while he is being put on a stretcher by mountain rescuers after reportedly keeping him warm for…
These images show how a tree in Holland has nearly finished swallowing a traffic sign that was affixed to it years ago. The traffic sign, which limits the speed to…
An elderly American tourist has tragically lost his life after he fell from a 110-metre height while hiking in the Bavarian Alps on Saturday. The 73-year-old US citizen, whose name…
A hiker in Germany could not believe his eyes when he spotted a Soviet grenade that looked as if it was being eaten by a tree. The bizarre discovery was…