The beautiful island of the Dominican Republic is the second-largest and most diverse Caribbean country. Surrounded by the ...

As the tragic legend goes, British colonists who were settled on North Carolina’s Roanoke Island in 1587 disappeared at some ...

Over a long career, Skinner has sought to reclaim the idea of republican liberty for the modern age but his work also raises ...

“The Revolution on Cape Cod and the Islands: Issues, Events, and People” focuses on events that took place across the Cape ...

That’s the sound of the great blue heron, a wetland bird native to the Pacific Northwest. The downtown heronry, or nesting ...

The Roanoke Colony, also known as the Lost Colony, was the first permanent English settlement in the United States.

Squeezed between glacier-packed mountains and Alaska’s Prince William Sound, the cruise-ship stop of Whittier is isolated ...

The University of Florida has confirmed that a new hybrid of termites, from the Asian subterranean and Formosan termites, are spreading in the state.

Conservation groups also say states can't manage more land and worry it could be sold to private interests, but Ide said ...

Here’s a look at the complex early history of abortion in the United States. There weren't any laws against abortion in the U.S. until the 19th century—and as those laws grew more restrictive ...

New Castle stands as a colonial jewel on the Delaware River, where brick-lined streets have witnessed America’s story unfold ...