Originally from South America, the charismatic tegu made its way to the United States via the pet trade of the 1990s. After ...

Throughout its centuries-long existence, the Hagia Sophia has been a place of worship for many different religions and ...

Thomas J Price's 12-foot sculpture of a Black woman in Times Square is inspiring online debates about race and representation ...

A POPULAR Irish Island that’s featured in a major Hollywood film and welcomes thousands of tourists has shut for visitors this weekend. The ancient island monastery Skellig Michael won’t ...

If you ever travel back in time to hang out with Homo sapiens around 41,000 years ago, pack some sunscreen – or better yet, a ...

Nearly 60 works from the famed Torlonia Collection are on view in Chicago.

New research shows they’re still protecting the land. Dense piles of oyster ... of the islands from today's rising sea levels. Ossabaw Island, Georgia is one of several barrier islands marked ...

Found along Turkey’s scenic southwest coast, this popular destination has a shimmering blue lagoon and one of the country’s ...

For an alternative to the fast-paced capital and its crowded tourist haunts, consider the country’s small towns, shaped by ...

Pockets of water exist that are so salty they behave more like dense syrup than seawater. These deep, hidden lakes are called ...

Long thought extinct, sebecid fossils found in the Dominican Republic are rewriting what we know about ancient predators in ...

Tardigrades (aka "water bears") are micro-animals that can survive in the harshest conditions: extreme pressure, extreme ...