Before Sunday, the volcano's last known eruption roughly coincided with the beginning of our current Holocene Epoch, when the ...

Approximately 400,000 years ago, some areas of Greenland that are now covered by a thick layer of ice were exposed to fresh ...

The Fertile Crescent, a boomerang-shaped region spanning modern-day Middle Eastern countries, is considered the cradle of ...

Greenland's remote Arctic landscapes provide a unique opportunity for adventure seekers to explore the beauty of the ice ...

We all learned the story of Thanksgiving as kids. We were taught that the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock in 1620 and were ...

In the most remote settlement in Greenland, Hjelmer Hammeken’s life style has gone from something that worked for thousands of years to something that may not outlive him.

If the map of de la Cosa really was created later than 1500, perhaps the true earliest map of “America” is Martin Waldseemüller's world map. Created in 1507, it is the first map to depict the Western ...

When you think of Christmas, most think of Santa Claus. Although the legendary character Santa is part of Christmas, it ...

Deep beneath the eastern United States, a band of unexpected heat is rising through the crust, quietly reshaping how ...

The Greenland Ice Sheet from space, taken by a NASA satellite.USGS Approximately 400,000 years ago, some areas of Greenland that are now covered by a ...

Greenland was the ultimate challenge. The cheapest tour I could find online cost more than £6,700pp, without flights. I did ...

The volcanic eruption of Santorini rocked the Mediterranean and changed history. Crucial—and chilling—evidence from the ...