Mountain

Scouring remote areas for missing walkers and climbers can take rescuers weeks and sometimes months. AI can do the job in a matter of hours in some cases – and potentially save lives.

Straddling Italy and Austria, the Dolomite Mountains blend three languages, two identities and one breathtaking landscape – but their delicate balance is being tested

In the Dolomites, mountaineering legend Reinhold Messner has turned his life story into a collection of high-altitude museums.

When one of the monoliths that made up Italy's Five Towers toppled, it seemed a rare, exceptional event. In fact, peaks are crumbling throughout this stunning mountain range.

As Japan's dwindling population increasingly migrates to cities, 450 rural schools close each year. Now, some are being transformed into unique inns.

Sherpas face many dangers in the mountains and are beginning to tell their side of the story. Are there ways to make their work safer?

Having reached Everest's summit for the first time, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay shared, with elation and relief, their victory with the BBC.

In the forests near Asheville, rare fireflies known as "blue ghosts" are lighting up the woods – and helping a storm-battered mountain city recover through tourism.