A makeshift village in the Mauritanian desert shelters thousands of refugees who have fled Mali in recent weeks as fighting intensifies against militants linked to al-Qaida.

From tinsel-draped living rooms to clunky cassette players, the things you grew up with might quietly be worth serious money. Collectors are paying thousands for certain household items from the 1960s ...

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Resilience” is an overused word, but in Batanes it feels complete. It is not merely the capacity to endure hardship, but the ...

From Maine’s Acadia National Park to the wilds of Australia—and in thousands of places in-between—geological conditions exist ...

Thousands of miles from China’s populous coastline, a sharp bend in a remote Himalayan river is set to become the centerpiece of one of the country’s most ambitious – and controversial – ...

There are six different plush Fart Monsters to choose from, each with its own not-scary scent: grape, lemon-lime, bubble gum, tutti-frutti, pineapple, and cherry. Smells aside, each monster also ...

A cluster of nondescript buildings in the Cambridgeshire countryside plays host to one of the largest intelligence hubs in ...

If you’re trying to get more potassium in your diet, reaching for an avocado is a good choice—one half of a standard-size ...

A juvenile orange-fronted parakeet seized by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry in California.

The billionaire and author MacKenzie Scott revealed $7.1 billion in donations to nonprofits Tuesday, bringing her overall ...

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