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Photographer Joel Sartore talks about his involvement in The Photo Ark, a project he’s leading in association with National Geographic.

Video game tourism is on the rise as the games’ immersive and interactive worlds spark wanderlust in their biggest fans. From Oslo to Tokyo, here are eight places where gamers can level up.

The Fifth Dimension’s 1967 hit song invited listeners to go “Up, Up, and Away,” in a beautiful hot air balloon and so does ...

Its new name is Kaxchim Chiĝanaa, meaning either “gizzard creek” or “creek or river belonging to gizzard island” in Unangam ...

As the US celebrates its 250th birthday in 2026, there is no better place to be during this historic milestone than ...

Essence Festival in New Orleans celebrates Black culture, music, Disney's Tiana exhibit, Hulu's "Reasonable Doubt" and "Nat ...

A NASA astronaut captured an image of a giant “red sprite” from space earlier this week, and the jellyfish-looking result is ...