The 100th meridian marks a dividing line between moist climates to the east and arid climates to the west. Climatologists now ...

The conference is named after John Wesleyan Powell, who was an explorer, geologist, Civil War veteran and founder of the National Geographic Society. He joined the Wesleyan faculty in 1865 ...

Beyond four decades of memories and a new route up, Skip Horner left another legacy on Kilimanjaro: 20 pairs of boots for ...

While not as well-known as some of Utah's more famous national parks, this monument on the Colorado and Utah border is sure ...

When John Wesley Powell was directing the Smithsonian’s Bureau of American Ethnology in the 19th century, did it collect audio recordings of Native Americans speaking their languages?

the brain of explorer John Wesley Powell. But he has a grasp of the basic issue, the sheer quantity of stuff owned by the Smithsonian. "There are so many institutions that don't have extensive ...

Southern Utah’s Zion National Park attracts millions of visitors a year, and it is considered a top 10 National Park.

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — Students will present individual research projects at the 36th annual John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference on Saturday, April 12, at Illinois Wesleyan University.

The first recorded summit of Longs Peak took place in August of 1868, when a party led by John Wesley Powell summited via the south side of the mountain. Since that summit, the peak has become one of ...