Read about the volcano that some believe almost wiped humans ... which first appeared in southern Africa about 100,000 to 300,000 years ago. By 74,000 years ago, these people had spread out ...

Most gold production and reserves in west Africa are found within the west African craton. This is one of the world’s oldest ...

But one island country in Africa combines relaxing on the beach with the possibility of climbing a massive active volcano ... British visitors making up the largest group, accounting for ...

Related: Yellowstone National Park earthquake shakes hottest and oldest geothermal area The Aegean Sea sits on a small plate of crust, which is stretching as the nearby African plate slides ...

We've chosen 12 of the best national parks to visit in 2025, based on the month, as well as what to see, do, and experience ...

Former Oklahoma Gov. David Boren, who became one of the nation's youngest governors in the 1970s at age 33 and later helped ...

A presidential election held on Sunday in the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia produced no clear winner, setting up a second round between the top two candidates, state news agency Apsnypress ...

Thousands of climbers attempt to summit the roof of Africa each year. Here's what it's like to be one of them.

Ongoing seismic activity in the Aegean Sea has the possibility of causing volcanic activity ... The report said the earthquakes, the largest of which measured 5.1, were concentrated northeast ...

"You'll be feeling earthquakes, you'll be seeing volcanoes erupt, but you won't see the ocean intrude in our lifetimes." Africa is home to some of the largest lakes on Earth, known as the African ...

The enchanting dunescape stretches over 43 miles (70 km) along the coast and over 30 miles (50 km) inland. Lençois translates as "bedsheets" in Portuguese and refers to the rolling white dunes that ...

Using ice-penetrating radar and other remote sensing techniques, researchers identified a massive volcanic region in West Antarctica that rivals East ... it one of Earth's largest volcanic regions.