Reigning champ and underdog team up to share ultrarunning's top prize.

Once a crucial caravan stop on the Silk Road, Khiva is one of Central Asia’s best-preserved medieval settlements. The Uzbek ...

The region tempts with sandy beaches fringed by palm trees and lapped by turquoise waters, but there’s more to look out for, ...

When the Environmental Protection Agency released its plan earlier this month for addressing marine litter, it named five Asian nations—China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam—as ...

By far the largest ever found of its kind, the spiny fossil predator "would have made enough scampi to feed an army," one ...

Many unexpected human artifacts have been preserved, for centuries, in vulture nests. This sandal woven from grasses and twigs, called an agobía, is somewhere between 727 and 771 years old, ...

Buxton is a perfect gateway for exploring the stately homes of Derbyshire and soul-stirring landscapes of the Peak District.

One of the world's most visited cities, Istanbul offers a wide range of hotels, from palatial seaside mansions to luxury ...

These urban oases, in cities from Barcelona to Tokyo, provide a calming break from the bright lights and crush of the crowds.

In 2013, NASA discovered a bacteria evading its most stringent disinfections. Scientists just figured out how it does it.

Among the most popular books of the time, bestiaries were filled with real and mythical animals and their lore, the ...

In Switzerland’s Jura Mountains, ancient limestone holds thousands of dinosaur footprints. A gravel route traces their path ...