From Chile’s southern tip to the arctic winter landscapes of Canada and Alaska, The Americas, narrated by Tom Hanks, takes viewers to the wildest places on the American supercontinent. Tonight, we ...

Khone Phapheng Falls, the world's widest waterfall, is located in southern Laos along the Mekong River. Spanning approximately 10,783 meters, it dwarfs Niagara Falls in volume, discharging up to ...

A 2017 astronaut photo shows an unusual checkered pattern surrounding a river, just south of the Canadian border. The unique sight is the result of a forest management initiative dating to the 1800s.

An astronaut’s photo reveals a giant chessboard-like forest in Idaho. Snow and a 200-year-old grid-based management system create the striking pattern, highlighting human impact and nature’s ...

The flats existed as a sandbar since before Europeans arrived. Henry Hudson, the English explorer, ran aground on the flats ...