Highly skilled mountaineers known in Nepal as “icefall doctors” have begun fixing ropes and ladders on Mount Everest to prepare for the coming spring climbing season, officials said Wednesday. The team has reached the base camp before starting…

  A Thai man broke into the zoo enclosure of Moo Deng, an endangered baby pygmy hippo and internet sensation, police said Wednesday, as the zoo filed a trespassing complaint. Moo Deng — whose name translates as “bouncy pork” — has gained global…

  From sea turtles to birds and the gentle dugong, the Persian Gulf’s diverse but fragile marine life is threatened by the bombs and oil of the war in the Middle East. The ecosystem was already under pressure from climate change and maritime traffic…

Susan’s baby dies, and she is convicted for a crime she doesn’t even remember committing. Years later, out on parole and fighting to start over, Susan sees a photograph that… …