Sir Edmund Hillary describes his historic climb to the top of Mt. Everest...and reveals why there is no photo of him on the summit.

From sipping tea on Everest to tracking the Abominable Snowman, the indomitable New Zealander lived a truly picturesque life.

German zoo plans to hand-rear polar bear cub, Chinese celebrate annual ice festival, broken levee floods 300 homes in Nevada, and more.

Sir Edmund Hillary has died at his home in New Zealand. He and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay were the first to scale Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, in May 1953.

Many are mourning the late Sir Edmund Hillary, especially in his native New Zealand and in Nepal, where he became the first to conquer Everest.

Climbing the peak first scaled by Sir Edmund Hillary, who died January 11, is an often fatal quest. But for many, reaching the summit is a thrill like no other.

After decades of persecution that began under Stalinist rule in the 1930s, Buddhism and monasteries are now on the rebound in Mongolia.

A climber rescued earlier this week returned to an Australian mountain Thursday to save his dog, a 143-pound (65-kilogram) bullmastiff.

Lapland's long winter nights can start with 2 p.m. sunsets. When so much darkness gets people down, bright lights can be used as therapy.

Shorter winters and shrinking ice caps are threatening many Arctic birds and mammals, Finnish experts say.

As tourism to Finland's Lapland region booms, reindeer farms reap the benefits.

After surviving Soviet invaders and the Taliban, long-hidden ancient riches—including the famed "Bactrian hoard"—will tour the U.S. starting this spring.

Catching the snakes is the tricky part of making snake soup, says a Hong Kong shop owner who's been bitten by a king cobra.

A rat about five times the size of its city cousins and a possum described as "one of the world's smallest marsupials" were found during a recent expedition to the island of New Guinea.

Millions of Muslims gather in Mecca for the hajj, the annual, Islamic pilgrimage.