Roughly half a million years ago, a group of armadillo-like mammals, horses, and sloths met their end in a sinkhole in what ...

Botanists have found a stand of rare trees in Tanzania’s Zanzibar archipelago not known to grow wild anywhere else in Africa.

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Wildlife photographer Ingo Arndt discovered his first enormous ant mound as a child exploring the forest ... animal species. In doing so, he’s revealed the wonders of a hidden insect world. Red ...

Fifty years ago, the Dahlov Ipcar was dreaming up lavish, exotic scenes in a starkly different realm, on a Georgetown farm.

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Air mail delivery is an essential part of modern life. The history of this unique invention goes back farther than you might ...

In this series, I’ll introduce one fabulous destination and show you where to stay, savor, and play on two different budgets.

A community in the Brazilian Amazon is transforming fallen trunks and dead trees into everyday items and art pieces.

Learn about Ojibwe culture’s deep connection to the bizhiw, or lynx, an important animal relative in the clan system, while ...