Costa Rica’s new Environment Minister Mónica Navarro draws mixed reactions from environmental groups as she takes over MINAE ...

The island of Guam has a snake problem. Though innocuous enough in appearance – slender with brownish or greenish coloration ...

Egypt has been a bucket list item for us for many years. The clock is ticking on the time we have left to travel and we’re ...

"Its nickname is the ‘undertaker bird’, thanks to its hunched posture and huge black wings that resemble an ominous cloak." 8 ...

As warmer weather brings more traffic to Elk Island National Park, visitors this spring expecting to see bison might find themselves seeing something else — black bears. Staff say many visitors have ...

Acadia National Park is the only national park in the Northeast, but that's not what makes it so special.

The Serengeti is rightfully popular, but Tanzania has 23 national parks, many of which offer very different safari experiences, often with fewer visitors. Tarangire National Park is a good alternative ...

German adventurer August Gissler spends nearly two decades searching for buried pirate treasure on Cocos Island. Do you love uncovering the past, exploring historic sites, and venturing to distant ...

Since TCPalm hired Timothy O'Hara as its environment reporter in 2024, he's been enjoying learning about the Treasure Coast's natural areas, especially national treasures such as the Pelican Island ...

In the sun-dappled forests of south Whidbey Island, abstract stone sculptures sit among trees and grassy hills. The sculptures, carved by late sculptor Hank Nelson, live inside his Cloudstone ...

Scattered as if on a pirate’s map off England’s southwesterly tip, the Isles of Scilly aren’t a place you stumble over. Travellers need to have booked well ahead for the short, spectacularly scenic ...

A summertime visit to a U.S. national park is something that looms large in the imagination of many Americans. Here, The Wall Street Journal lays out an objective view of the best national parks from ...