The Alps, home to the iconic Aletsch Glacier, are undergoing a dramatic transformation. Satellite imagery spanning four ...

Although hiking is typically done in the warmth of the summer sun, some areas around the Swiss Alps also have wintertime ...

Selected by Peter Cowie, the author, most recently, of “God and the Devil: The Life and Work of Ingmar Bergman.” ...

Stronger global climate protection could preserve more than a quarter of the ice in the Swiss Alps, says the Swiss Academy of ...

Dive into Gstaad, where Switzerland's most exclusive Alpine ... Working farms dot the landscape, their cowbells echoing across valleys where some of the world's most exclusive hotels now stand.

Travelers who visited Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut Regional Nature Park were impressed by the varied landscape, including little ...

I simply love skiing in Europe’s Alps, and I’ve ... over a rugged snow-draped landscape. The wind and cloud-swept Matterhorn dominates the Alpine range above the Swiss mountain village of ...

Permafrost is the hidden frozen “glue” – a layer formed by ice, rock and soil – that holds icy northern landscapes together.