Scientists are digitising the Fungarium at Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew – one of the world’s biggest collections of fungal diversity.

Japanese climber Junko Tabei was part of an-woman team climbing Mount Everest. Despite almost being crushed in an avalanche, ...

Junko Tabei's summit of Everest on May 16, 1975 was not her hardest battle. It took her a lifetime to be acknowledged as a true pioneer.

We take a look at when the best time to climb Everest is, why it is that the climbing window is so short and why summer and ...