The Hessian town of Amöneburg is situated on a 365-meter-high basalt cone left by an extinct volcano. It is located in a region that holds a European superlative in this regard. Traces from this era, ...

Cape Smokey, on Nova Scotia’s Cape Breton Island, distinguishes itself as a ski destination where you can carve turns above the Atlantic and surf those same waters at après-ski. Here, adventure in ...

By March 3, U.S. forces controlled all three airfields on the island, and on March 26 the last Japanese defenders on Iwo Jima were wiped out. Only 200 of the original 22,000 Japanese defenders were ...

For the first time in 180 years, descendants of the extinct Floreana giant tortoise are reclaiming their ancestral homeland. But scientists required a cutting-edge tool to identify the ideal location ...

For the first time in 180 years, descendants of the extinct Floreana giant tortoise are reclaiming their ancestral homeland.

The recent earthquake swarm near Santorini has brought the topic of volcanoes in Greece back into the spotlight.

For the first time in more than 180 years, giant tortoises are walking on Floreana Island in the Galápagos.

Rangers have released 158 juvenile hybrid tortoises on Floreana to restore the island's ecosystem. View on euronews ...

Giant tortoises have been reintroduced to Floreana Island in the Galapágos, 180 years after going extinct there.

Decades of Careful Breeding: Scientists used those surviving descendants to start a careful “back-breeding” program. The 158 juveniles released on Feb. 20 carry between 40 percent and 80 percent of ...