China hopes to become a global leader in protected nature reserves, creating a network of wilderness that would be three ...

There’s culture, there’s tradition—and then there’s drinks. From Italy’s historical north to the tip of the boot, options ...

A century after the disappearance of explorer George Mallory, his photos and diary offer a valuable baseline for ...

The Bronze Age Xiaohe culture (ca. 1950–1400 BCE) is renowned for its distinctive funerary practices and exceptional organic ...

China dominates the global rare earths industry—and it’s not even close. A fight is already underway to lay claim to this ...

Beneath sea urchins’ exterior spines, rounded skeletons called tests are jewels of color, texture, and symmetry. There are hundreds of urchin species, and they’re found in every ocean on ...

A new study argues that ancient rattles unearthed in Syria aren ... small hands,” says archaeologist Mette Marie Hald from the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen.

Pigs have long been known, sometimes celebrated, as among the most intelligent of farm animals. Now, a new Dartmouth-led ...

A lone tree growing along an ancient Roman wall was a beloved fixture ... They have since been taken by the conservation nonprofit The National Trust, and 49 of them— one for each foot the ...

A millet-farming settlement on the Shandong coast in Neolithic China around 4,500 years ago organized its society by maternal ...

The next year, the Republic of China made the site a national museum. Northwest towerThe entire Forbidden City is surrounded by a wall more than 25 feet high. At each of the four corners stands an ...

Greeks don’t hike. You’ll hear this everywhere you go in Greece — usually from the locals themselves. They can’t see the point, apparently; uses up too much beach time. If that’s the ...