The night-time ascent is the final highlight of this very Australian pilgrimage, the 230-kilometre Larapinta Trail from the desert city of Alice Springs through the West MacDonnell Range, a mountain ...

NASA's Landsat 8 satellite snapped a stunning top-down view of an "unusually spectacular" Mount Etna eruption. Infrared data makes the volcano's lava river really pop.

I am getting over the flu, and have been flying over the mountains this morning, trying to think of an old column that would be current and entertaining for readers.

Megan Nolan on the almost mystical appeal of animal escapes.