Public lands in the California desert are filled with privately owned parcels.

A dinosaur was discovered beneath the parking lot at the monument’s most-visited attraction. It’s the first excavation in ...

For the first time in over a century, Dinosaur National Monument staff have excavated fossils inside the park split between ...

For nearly 180 years, both the church and the town of Saint-Denis have been without that landmark steeple. Damaged by storms, it was dismantled in 1847, supposedly so it could be built back better.

Uxmal is one of the crown jewels of Puuc architecture, a style of Maya building that flourished in the Yucatán over 1,000 ...

Paleontologists spent decades trying to explain "Devil's corkscrews," the bizarre spiral-shaped fossils found in Wyoming and ...

Muslims feel cheated despite fully cooperating with the administration by reducing the number of devotees who would offer ...

The Kukulkán pyramid in Chichén Itzá is scanned in a detailed search for hidden chambers, making sure not to damage the Mayan ...

Scientists are learning more about how water moves through the Grand Canyon, and how what happens above ground affects what ...

Explore the Gulf's cultural renaissance with the opening of three landmark museums in Doha, Abu Dhabi, and Jeddah. These ...

In downtown Manila, rows upon rows of headstones are laid out on the gentle slopes of a hilltop, the largest single burial ...

In the Great Smoky Mountains, an auxiliary team of élite outdoorsmen answers the call when park-goers’ hikes, climbs, and ...