Mount Kumgang in North Korea is officially a Unesco World Heritage site, the international agency announced Sunday.

Some believe that the sleepy mountain town of Tepoztlán harbors a great spiritual power — and who are we to disagree?

Communities in rural Vermont face damaged homes and washed-out roads after heavy rainfall caused flash flooding ...

Magma from the mantle finds its way to the surface, where it erupts as lava or ash and gas—sometimes in spectacular spurts, ...

On the anniversary of two significant flooding events, environmental experts are using critical data to improve preparedness for extreme weather events.

The mountains of India hold within them a generation of resilient, observant, and intelligent students, waiting for the right ...

Three new types of frog have been discovered in a remote part of the Andes. The secretive species were found during a series ...

The recent events in Mandi and Shimla make it painfully clear that this isn’t a one-off tragedy but a pattern that’s ...

In Asheville and other parts of Western North Carolina, tourism-related outlets are still fighting to survive the summer.

Europe has many sizeable countries with expansive topographical features to match. Here are the biggest organized from least to most square mileage.

The NASA Odyssey orbiter, which launched in 2001 from Cape Canaveral, snapped a 1st-ever image of a Mars volcano peeking above the clouds before dawn.

Looking for a cute town to visit? World Atlas named these nine small towns in Georgia the cutest. See the list.