The summit rocks of Mount Everest, the highest elevation on Earth, contain fossils of trilobites, arthropods, and other denizens of the ancient Tethys Ocean, which once separated the landmasses that ...

More than 150 people have died after a powerful earthquake hit Myanmar and rattled Thailand, but the extent of the casualties is still emerging as crews try to find people who are missing. Follow for ...

Dangerous places to avoid when traveling The world is a fascinating place, and you may want to see all of it! But before venturing out there, you should be aware of certain risks. While you’re ...

As wanderlust drives us toward increasingly off-the-beaten-path destinations, the number of passengers traveling on ...

Pakistan’s far north holds some of the world’s highest peaks and has a proud cultural identity, but until now international ...

Discovery in China of tools called Quina scrapers suggests the people of East Asia were as inventive and flexible with ...

ANDONG, South Korea – Truck driver Lee Seung-joo was driving through South Korea’s Andong mountains when the wildfires hit, engulfing the area in flames and turning it into “a literal hell”.

ANDONG: Truck driver Lee Seung-joo was driving through South Korea's Andong mountains when the wildfires hit, engulfing the area in flames and turning it into "a literal hell". "It was like the ...

Producing accurate maps of the ocean floor is critical to ensuring safety at sea, with better understanding of navigation and deep-sea current and tides. In the past ships with sonar equipment ...

New technologies today often involve electronic devices that are smaller and smarter than before. During the Middle Paleolithic, when Neanderthals were modern humans' neighbors, new technologies meant ...

Archaeologists have thought that ancient people in East Asia completely skipped the Middle ... tools from the Longtan archaeological site in southwest China. Our colleague Bo Li at the University ...