German soldiers never set foot on the speck of land at the far end of the Aleutian Islands during World War II, but the name ...

These geologic hazards are identified in a series of new maps recently issued by the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology that are available to the public.

As New York City celebrates the 400th anniversary of its founding, National Geographic looks back on more than a century of ...

Mariners Trail, Point Beach State Forest, the Wisconsin Ice Age Trail and Woodland Dunes Nature Center make our list of great ...

Lives will continue to be lost in Kerr County, Texas if Texas’s political leadership and citizens believe river alarms will ...

Dig a pit with a diameter of 3 feet and a depth of 3 ½ feet. Marinate lamb meat (or goat or beef) in adobo the night before ...

An oceanographer explains how climate change, warming oceans and a souped-up atmosphere are creating conditions for deadly floods.

The number of structures at risk of flooding in the United States could be higher than previously thought, according to a ...

John Day Fossil Beds National Monument (nps.gov/joda) is a bafflingly underexplored marvel of the state’s landscape. Only about three hours away from Portland, a visit offers the sublime experience of ...

A tsunami advisory was lifted Wednesday afternoon for a portion of the Alaskan Peninsula coastline following a 7.3 magnitude ...

Greenland’s ice-covered landscape looks like an immovable block on satellite maps. Yet the story beneath its center suggests ...