In this video, we'll explore the incredibly geography of the mountain range and how it interacts with Europe. Then we'll dive deep into the history of the Alps and how it acted as a Great Wall keeping ...

The Alps, one of the most iconic mountain ranges in the world, stretch across eight countries in south-central Europe. This ...

In July, Lorenzo Pernigotti, a seasoned mountain climber who has summited over 100 peaks in the Alps, scaled Aiguilles du Diable—“devil’s horns” in English—a set of rock towers on one of 11 major high ...

This post was updated Dec. 4 at 9:21 p.m. The Getty Center’s look at an iconic mountain range presents a clever historical angle but leaves something to be desired. “Exploring the Alps” opened Tuesday ...

Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 45, No. 2 (May 2025), pp. R27-R40 (14 pages) The European Alps are surrounded by highly urbanized areas located close to fragile mountain landscapes. The ...

A recent heatwave in Europe created a lake high up in the French Alps at altitudes of more than 11,000 feet, in a place where temperatures are normally too cold to support liquid water. The lake, ...