Why it's incredible: Kilimanjaro hosts huge, endemic plants called giant groundsels. On the middle-altitude slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro grows a strange plant not found anywhere else on Earth. The ...

The highest altitude pub in Africa— Sani Mountain Lodge— resides at the top of Sani Mountain Pass, along the border of Lesotho and South Africa. At 9,429 feet (2874m) above sea level, the pub is a ...

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For generations of climbers of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest peak, had to rely on still pictures to document their journey. But now it's possible to livestream the climb. A high-speed, ...

Chappal Waddi (also known as the Mountain of Death) is located in Nigeria and, at 2,419 m (7,936 ft), is the country's highest point. Chappal Waddi (also called Gangirwal) translates to 'Mountain of ...

A pair of New Orleans locals diagnosed with Young-Onset Parkinson's Disease found hope in each other and on a mountain a continent away.

NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As soon as Ann Ondaye's husband died, his two brothers took all the Kenyan widow's possessions: the television, bicycle, a fishing boat and nets and even her ...

Temperature increases in mountain areas are known to stimulate an upslope shift of plant species that are adapted to colder temperatures. However, the research team has now found that under an ...