"This is the moment where the metal detector has gone off and you've dug up something shiny. You still need to find out exactly what you've got — but you've got something to work with." ...

Every two and a half miles of barbed wire is responsible for killing one deer, elk or pronghorn a year, one study estimated.

This Portuguese archipelago, comprising nine unique islands, is a world of fantasy-like waterfalls and volcanic craters. US ...

The 361-foot Point Sur rock, though no longer an island, is one example of a volcanic stack, and since 1889, it has had a lighthouse perched on its side. The lighthouse is still a vital aid to ...

The International Space Station, at 250 miles above Earth, can see some of the world's most spectacular landmarks, both ...

The inaugural San Tan Valley Town Council will be made up of six men and a woman who were involved in the incorporation effort.

While Ramona doesn’t claim to be a gardener per se, she does do periodic pruning and hand watering. She had a drip irrigation system installed but she’s found that some of the plants benefit from some ...

How did Europe’s tallest dam become one of history’s worst engineering disasters? This documentary investigates the Vajont Dam tragedy of 1963, where a landslide created a wave that killed nearly ...

For connoisseurs of art, the Mona Lisa of open-air sculpture gardens is 500-acre Storm King, located in New York’s Hudson Valley. Considering its sprawl, bicycles are available. Much closer, more ...

A ‘LIBERAL LION’ — John Burton, a towering figure in California Democratic politics for over 60 years, died Sunday. He was ...

Unaweep Canyon is the only canyon in the world where water flows out of both ends, or so the claim goes. Part of the reason ...

THE OTHER YES CAMPAIGN — While nearly every prominent Democrat in Sacramento and Washington has backed Gov. Gavin Newsom ’s ...