Explore Arizona’s Painted Desert: colorful badlands, easy hikes, cultural gems, and top visiting tips for a one‑of‑a‑kind ...

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For the first time in more than 70 years, a rare earth minerals mine broke ground in the United States last Friday. The Brook Mine, owned by Ramaco Resources, near Sheridan, Wyoming, is also the first ...

A team of paleontologists led by National Geographic Explorer Paul Sereno uncovered a trove of dinosaur fossils in the Sahara ...

Ethan and Jackson Holliday have the chance to be the first brothers picked No. 1 overall. The reasons go back to their great ...

Richard “Dick” Tracy, an emeritus professor in the Department of Biology, was recently named a 2025 Fellow of the Ecological ...

There comes a moment when your fork breaks through the perfect golden crust, revealing tender beef beneath, and you realize you’ve just discovered culinary nirvana disguised as a humble chicken fried ...

The park is an officially designated International Dark Sky Park, one of the few places in Southern California where light pollution doesn’t ruin the celestial show. On clear nights, the Milky Way ...

These parks in Minnesota, Colorado, Florida and other states are too often overlooked by travelers. Here's why you should add ...

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Speaking from a detention facility in California, an Iranian immigrant says she believes "the good people will be released".