The German businessman was obsessed with Homer and determined to find King Priam's city. But his recklessness turned dangerous as he dug for gold.

This summer, many travellers are swapping their usual beach breaks for the cities, coastlines and mountain ranges found further north. From seal-spotting to sauna stays, here’s what to do on your next ...

Most octopus females will mate with a male and then bite his head off—literally. But one elusive species has the sex without ...

New research links a more diverse gut microbiome with a stronger, potentially more adaptive response to short-term stress—but it’s only one part of the resilience puzzle.

A new wave of round-the-clock bathhouses is taking wellness to another level — bundling food, entertainment and sleep into ...

Elite Exped’s cofounder Mingma Gyabu Sherpa, known in the mountains as Mingma David, holds out hope for Purja, citing that ...

Since the 1970s, the number of extremely hot days recorded in a given year has increased by a month or more in some places.

Just opposite the famous Greek hotspot, Therasia has spectacular churches, ancient history and a new boutique stay.

This month brings an exceptional lineup of celestial events, with rare alignments, brilliant meteors, and dramatic eclipses ...

A trip to the Westfjords means soaking in coastal hot springs, falling asleep under the northern lights, and experiencing the ...

Twenty years ago, wildlife photographer Joel Sartore set out to capture portraits of every species in human care. Today, ...

We came to a bench where a graduate student was working on one of the key mysteries behind antiaging: How does a cell remember its former state? Borrowing from information theory, Sinclair believes in ...