Scientists say Mount Everest, the world’s tallest peak, is still growing thanks in part to the merger of two river systems tens of thousands of years ago.

The Brief: Mount Everest stands at 29,032 feet and is still growing. A river merger from 89,000 years ago is partly responsible for Everest’s continued height increase. The mountain gains up to ...

The world’s tallest mountain is getting taller. Mount Everest, also known as Chomolungma, has grown about 15 to 50 meters (50 to 164 feet) higher over the past 89,000 years than expected ...

The partial remains of Andrew “Sandy” Irvine — who disappeared a century ago while trying to become one of the first people to climb Mount Everest — are believed to have been found on the ...

Two people died while climbing Mount Everest as hundreds of climbers are attempting to scale the world's highest peak, expedition organizers said.

Sherpa mountain guide Kami Rita arrives at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, as he prepares to depart to ascend Mt. Everest for a record 31st time Sunday.

An expert mountain guide has put four of his clients on top of Mount Everest less than a week after they left London, one of the fastest ascents on record of the world's highest peak.

Nepali Sherpa guide Kami Rita scaled Mount Everest for the 31st time on Tuesday, breaking the record he set last year.

Scientists say Mount Everest, the world’s tallest peak, is still growing thanks in part to the merger of two river systems tens of thousands of years ago.

Mount Everest is astoundingly tall at 29,032 feet above sea level, besting its Himalayan neighbors by hundreds of feet. But the world’s tallest peak is still growing, scientists say, thanks in ...