At the dawn of the millennium, a group of eminent scientists began compiling a list of the threats they felt were most likely ...

UNESCO World Heritage recognition has been given to seven new areas as World Heritage, following IUCN advice. Africa shone ...

South Africa’s iconic trail started like a whirlwind of pent-up energy with nowhere to go, hovering and appearing ...

New research shows nostalgia is more often tied to coastlines, lakes, and rivers than forests or fields in both the UK and US.

As innovative chefs are drawn to the natural larder of our shoreline, there is an increasingly appetising variety of places ...

Greenland’s ice-covered landscape looks like an immovable block on satellite maps. Yet the story beneath its center suggests ...

Astrotourism is coming to Canada, thanks to an ambitious plan for a chain of six dark-sky sites along 100 miles of the ...

A charming seaside village that was once completley inland has been casted into the tourist spotlight after one of its ...

There are two environmental campsites that are among the most coveted in the California State Park system—perched on a bluff overlooking the ocean with views of McWay Falls. These sites book up six ...

CaveCreek4.jpg Penelope Donahue points out fossils in the limestone of the opening of Cave Creek Cave while on a June 8 hike in Santa Fe National Forest. The limestone, which is around 300 million ...

See why the New Forest beach of Milford-on-Sea has been recommended as an alternative to the Amalfi Coast in Italy for a beach holiday ...