Some journeys look effortless on the map with a simple line between two neighbouring countries. These journeys, however, become unexpectedly complicated the moment you attempt to work on the logistics ...

River cruising expands well beyond its European stronghold as American travelers fuel demand for longer itineraries, more remote rivers and culturally immersive sailings that look significantly ...

Africa's ground is shifting. Tectonic forces are tearing the continent apart along the East African Rift. Satellites and GPS ...

Analysis - Imagine someone has chronic pain. One doctor focuses on the body part that hurts and keeps trying to fix that single symptom. Another uses a more comprehensive brain-body approach and tries ...

As cruise lines plot new itineraries, here are some of the more under-the-radar places to visit by sea this year—from the Alaskan wilderness to Tanzania’s Spice Islands and Toba, Japan.

Half of Earth’s oceans are more than 3.2km deep. Beneath them lie cavernous plains untouched by sunlight, vast gaping trenches made by Earth’s tectonic plates shifting, and ranges of underwater ...

Early on Tuesday, Feb. 26, a rare annular solar eclipse created a “ring of fire” over Antarctica, while South Africa and ...

Yesterday, an international team of researchers from various disciplines set off aboard the German research vessel METEOR for an expedition along the west coast of Africa, led by the GEOMAR Helmholtz ...

Africa dominated global trade routes between 1000 and 1500, but a silent collapse wiped this commercial empire from history.

The planet won’t look like this forever. A future supercontinent could unleash brutal cold, rising heat, and even a wave of ...

On Feb. 15, 2021, the World Trade Organization named U.S.-trained Nigerian economist Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as director-general, making her the first African and first woman to lead the body.

Through the lens of conservation photographer and storyteller Anthony Onyango, the country’s vibrant coral gardens reveal a ...