The “Gates of Hell” have been furiously burning away in Turkmenistan for decades, but scientists now have reason to believe ...

A burning pit has been on fire for four decades in central Asia, baffling scientists as the almost 200-foot-wide crater ...

The Darvaza gas crater, dubbed the Door to Hell, is finally burning out after 54 years as nearby wells cut off its methane supply.

There are no written Soviet records, no logs, no official drilling reports, and no confirmation that they'd lit it ...

The road into the desert north of Balkanabat was paved, perhaps, with good intentions, but little else. For much of the way, ...

It's about as out-of-this-world as a planet can get—a harsh, desert world that orbits twin suns, home to marauding "Sand People," miniature cloaked Jawas and fiendish Hutts. But the Star Wars ...

The King Cobra and Desert Kingsnake are different snakes. King Cobra is larger and venomous. Desert Kingsnake is smaller and constricts prey. King Cobra eats other snakes. Desert Kingsnake eats ...

The Brimson Complex fires containment map as of May 21, 2025. The Brimson Complex fires include the Camp House fire and the Jenkins Creek fire, and have impacted nearly 30,000 acres as of Monday.

LARAMIE -- The Wyoming State Geological Survey (WSGS) recently published updated geological maps of the Rawlins and Red Desert Basin quadrangles, providing critical new insights into the geology ...

As the commission develops its proposal for accommodating two newly created council seats, zoom in on the maps and drill into the data yourself in the visualizations below. Currently represented ...