The month is packed with skywatching highlights—including two galaxies visible to the naked eye and a rare glimpse of the innermost planet. A cormorant crosses the face of the full moon in ...

The founder of the Mormon Church rocked 19th-century America with his spiritual visions, his belief in polygamy—and even a presidential run. Joseph Smith, Jr., the founder and leader of the Church of ...

Out of 433 national park units, Carter G. Woodson National Historic Site in Washington, D.C., is the least visited of them ...

Decades ago, India’s tigers were on the brink of extinction. Slowly, their numbers have rebounded. But that ecological success has prompted a dire problem—and a race to save many of them from genetic ...

Starting October 1, Grand Canyon National Park announced the reopening of some areas in the North Rim on its official website. These included Highway 67 to Cape Royal Road, approximately at mile ...

Water and fire restrictions have eased for Grand Canyon National Park, though some limitations are remaining in place.

Spend the night in locations guaranteed to thrill, from pods dangling off a cliff to underground rooms in an old mine. If a series of transparent capsules suspended 1,300ft above Peru’s Sacred Valley ...

Tourists swim in a cenote, or flooded cave, outside Playa del Carmen, Mexico. The Yucatan Peninsula is dotted with thousands of these interconnected limestone caves, which are fed by a ...

The Grand Egyptian Museum is set to open in its entirety — from pyramid views to Tutankhamun’s treasures, here’s what you can ...

Prioritizing which animals and plants to help is driven mostly by whether we like them or not. Some experts say that may not ...

What cutting-edge technology has revealed in the 800-year-old search for the Mongol ruler's lost tomb. The "Yuan Emperor Album" includes a portrait of Genghis Khan, an iconic figure in Mongolian ...

These are 14 of the most epic single-day and multi-day hikes in the U.S., rivaling Yosemite, Arches National Park, and the ...