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The Caspian Sea tops the list of the largest lakes in Asia, spanning 386,400 square kilometers. Explore more of the continent ...
Zebra mussels are now in the upper Colorado River system, and the minuscule mollusks can wreak massive damage.
A kebab requires little more than a fire, a skewer and some meat to make. That elemental quality is perhaps why it has endured across millennia and why it still feels primal and comforting to gather ...
A new book shows how and why families should focus on outcome and, yes, happiness instead of rankings when deciding where to apply.
As the U.S. wields a global tariff war and cuts China off from AI chips, Beijing is ramping up new customers for its ...
Many of the world’s most luxurious foods have surprisingly modest beginnings, with their current high-end status shaped by ...
The first European to eyeball Australia’s biggest lake was the desperate explorer Edward John Eyre, and he wasn’t impressed. On August 14, 1840, Eyre wrote: “From my present elevation, the lake was ...
Terns are summer visitors and passage migrants to Arran. They are generally slender, lightly built birds with long, forked ...
More than 100,000 birds flew over Manistee County overnight, part of a massive fall migration across Michigan.
MNZM, OM (Poland), September 25, 1933 – August 23, 2025 John Roy – a great Howickian, New Zealander and man of Poland – has ...
The Russian-Ukrainian war has fundamentally transformed naval combat operations. Ukrainian unmanned surface vessels (USVs) ...
The bumpy snailfish, discovered 10,000 feet down off the coast of California, shows that not all denizens of the abyss are ...