Alexander the Great is one of the most famous generals of the ancient world. By the age of 32 he had conquered a massive empire that stretched from the Balkans to modern-day Pakistan. We know about ...

An international research team has investigated the influence of the forces exerted by the Zagros Mountains in the Kurdistan region of Iraq on how much the surface of the Earth has bent over the last ...

In the arid deserts of Ethiopia, a geological marvel has been quietly unfolding since 2005—a 35-mile-long fissure known as ...

One of the world's continents is breaking apart faster than researchers previously predicted. The separation would create a ...

Here are 20 of the best amusement parks in the world, including Disney, Universal, and more. Elizabeth Rhodes is a special projects editor at Travel + Leisure, covering everything from luxury ...

But there’s a reason so many people choose to live in them: with world-class art and culture, unbeatable food and nightlife, buzzing neighbourhoods and a dizzying amount of stuff to do and see ...

Dennis Beggs, a 63 year-old cattle farmer from Wisconsin, will be participating in the World Marathon Challenge starting on January 31 st, in which he will be running 7 marathons on 7 continents ...

“Oceans Are the Real Continents” — whose very title nudges audiences to reimagine how it is we understand the geography of the world around us — is guided by a similar type of convictio ...

Rupert Sutherland has received research funding from the New Zealand Government. Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington provides funding as a member of The Conversation NZ.

My husband and I just marked a significant milestone by visiting our seventh continent together: Antarctica. During the past 20 years, our mutual love for exploration has taken us to every corner ...

The movement of the tectonic plates led to the creation of the continents and oceans that we know today. However, deep below the surface of Africa, researchers have discovered that the forces ...