Text by Andrew Burmon Photograph by wereldmuis, via Flickr The Declaration of Independence endowed us with the right to ...

President Obama creates a national monument in Delaware, finally bringing the National Park Service to all 50 states.

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The founder of the Mormon Church rocked 19th-century America with his spiritual visions, his belief in polygamy—and even a presidential run. Joseph Smith, Jr., the founder and leader of the Church of ...

Amid cautious optimism that a "top kill" effort to cap the leaking well causing the Gulf oil spill is working, President Obama banned new offshore drilling Thursday until further notice.

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Tourists swim in a cenote, or flooded cave, outside Playa del Carmen, Mexico. The Yucatan Peninsula is dotted with thousands of these interconnected limestone caves, which are fed by a ...

The National Emergency, Crisis and Disaster Management Authority (NCEMA) has launched the national project called “Emergency ...

Prioritizing which animals and plants to help is driven mostly by whether we like them or not. Some experts say that may not ...

What cutting-edge technology has revealed in the 800-year-old search for the Mongol ruler's lost tomb. The "Yuan Emperor Album" includes a portrait of Genghis Khan, an iconic figure in Mongolian ...

Scientists say that the fires ravaging the western United States are burning differently these days. Documenting the ...