Early in 2007 the Ganges' worsening state made headlines around the world when Hindu holy men, known as sadhus, organized a mass protest against river filth during the Kumbh Mela festival.

The world record for a volunteer river clean-up has been smashed by 998 with 1,327 people taking part. The previous record stood at 329 people and was set on the River Ganges, in India ...

"Alarming" levels of microplastic have been found in major rivers across Europe according to scientists in 14 studies ...

THE Garden of Eden is a mythological place where Adam and Eve once roamed, before a run-in with a snake and an apple tree got them banished. But some believe it was based on a real location ...

He claims the Pyramid of Giza is where the Tree of Life once stood, whose fruits offered eternal life.

While there is no place on Earth where one river splits into all four, a late 1290s European world map features such a ...

Whether it be the Grand Canyon, the Swiss Alps, or the glories of Machu Picchu, more than a few of us have travelled halfway around the world just ... down the Zambezi River, you can get much ...

A scientist has claimed to have found the Garden of Eden in a controversial new study - and says the exact position of the ...