When officials from the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish brought the oryx from South Africa to White Sands Missile ...

Stepping onto the natural waterslide at Slide Rock State Park, just outside Sedona, Arizona, I had to suppress a squeal. The ...

A camera affixed to the International Space Station recently spotted some curious symbols amid a barren desert landscape.

A mysterious site discovered on Google Maps just 25 miles south of the pyramids has set off a wave of theories, from ancient ...

Iran's folded rocks are a colorful formation that is part of the Greater Caucasus mountains, which formed when the Eurasian tectonic plate collided with the Arabian plate millions of years ago.

From dormant volcanoes and salt pans to urban forests and library gardens, these are the places we go for peace and quiet.

Mother-daughter trips are not perfect—nor should they be. As a mother, daughter, and mother of daughters, the trips I remember most boil down to moments: the happy goggle marks around my toddler’s ...