A seriously injured climber was airlifted to hospital after an "heroic" 11-hour rescue, a mountain rescue team has said.

New Zealand’s only full-time alpine rescue team operates in some of the highest and most challenging environments possible.

One of the UK's most experienced mountain rescue experts has died at the age of 72. David Whalley was a Royal Air Force and ...

The hiker and a companion had wandered off the remote 53-mile hiking path that follows the northern California coastline of ...

LVMPD Search and Rescue worked with multiple agencies to rescue a boating accident victim near Nelson's Landing.

Boise Fire paired up with the Idaho National Guard to train for helicopter hoist rescues — as firefighters rappelled and ascended from a Black Hawk helicopter.

Though many of the TV depictions and news stories about life flights surround trauma incidents, such as car crashes or acts ...

Erik Krasovskis was attempting to traverse the ridge, but took a fall of around 40m after the weight of his backpack pulled ...

A film-maker has said he is lucky to be alive after tumbling 35m (115ft) down a rocky mountainside on Skye's Cuillin Ridge.

Mountain rescue teams and helicopters were out searching overnight in a desperate ... The Bolton Mountain Rescue Team, who have been drafted in to assist with the search, said a large group of ...