US billionaire Douglas Tompkins, who co-founded the outdoor label The North Face and went on to be a prominent conservationist and philanthropist, died in a kayaking accident in Chile's Patagonia ...

PUNTA ARENAS, Chile — A humpback whale briefly swallowed a kayaker off Chilean Patagonia before quickly releasing him unharmed. The incident, caught on camera, quickly went viral. Last Saturday, ...

Our new Play Now series highlights an epic POV clip so you can get in on the action even when you're stuck behind a desk. This week, kayaker Aeon Russo takes us to the lake district of Chile to run ...

US billionaire Douglas Tompkins, co-founder of the North Face outdoor clothing brand, has died of hypothermia after his kayak capsized in a near-freezing lake in Chile's Patagonia region, the ...

Tompkins created The North Face and co-founded Esprit, but abandoned the business world to devote himself to environmental causes. He was 72. North Face Founder Douglas Tompkins Dies In Kayaking ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Environmental protection advocates in South America lost a staunch ally on Tuesday when the conservationist founder of the North ...

SANTIAGO, Chile — Douglas Tompkins, a wealthy U.S. businessman and environmental activist who bought up large swaths of land in South America's Patagonia region with the aim to keep them pristine, has ...