11+ hour, 41+ min ago   (268+ words) Every year for over a decade, the Comedy Wildlife Comedy Awards have recognized the best (or at least funniest) images of the natural world. With entries now closed and with finalists to be announced in September, ExplorersWeb reviews the standouts....

13+ hour, 18+ min ago   (338+ words) This 2025 short documentary film follows professional athlete Alenka Mali who wants to combine snowboarding and BASE jumping. It opens with a brief biography, charting her childhood outdoors in Argentina and Slovenia, her early and enduring passion for snowboarding, and her…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (381+ words) The Karakoram weather is currently unstable, so climbers are either waiting for better conditions or have given up and are heading home. It is not clear if climbing has ended on the Gasherbrums. After EliteExped and Imagine Nepal’s team fixed…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (291+ words) The Pakistani team by Karakorum Expeditions, together with Juan Pablo Toro of Argentina, has made the only summits on Broad Peak so far, and they used a variation route that they consider faster and safer. Mirza Ali Legacy Route topo,…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (435+ words) Antonio de la Rosa’s attempt to paddle the Northwest Passage began slowly when 40kph winds left him sheltering in place just a short distance from his start point at Cape Liverpool on Bylot Island. The 57-year-old Spaniard’s attempt at a full,…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (287+ words) It was either a bizarre form of play or a way to turn a large prey fish into instant chum for convenient nibbling. One orca in the Gulf of California held a dead sharptail sunfish by the tail while another…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (888+ words) Proposed amendments to Nepal’s Tourism Bill will increase revenues from commercial climbing and trekking and give local companies even more of a business advantage at the expense of foreign outfitters. However, making high-altitude climbing safer for both clients and workers…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (759+ words) Despite difficult conditions this year, climbing in the Peruvian Andes has yielded some remarkable results for young alpinists looking for new challenges. Despite its relative lack of altitude, the 5,830m Tulliraju is one of the most difficult peaks of Peru’s Cordillera…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (285+ words) Social media views of fake animal footage are gaining millions of views online and affecting how some of us perceive wildlife, according to a new study. AI can now generate emotion-packed clips of grateful polar bear cubs, sad puppies in…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (133+ words) Kristine De Abreu is a writer (and occasional photographer) based in sunny Trinidad and Tobago. Since graduating from the University of Leicester with a BA in English and History, she has pursued a full-time writing career, exploring multiple niches before…...