June remains a date of relevance in Maltese history - even now, 106 years after the event that made this date famous took place. On 7 June 1919, riots broke out across colonial Malta, centred ...

EDINBURGH — Cities such as this one, the elegant, disheveled, uppity, cultured, ancient, whisky-soaked, ...

Sydney, Australia, is one of my favorite cities in the world. It is beautiful, home to some of the best hotels, and extremely ...

A project to reintroduce the metre-tall birds as a breeding species to England has created wild colonies producing dozens of chicks each year.

Voted for by the public for Queensland Day, the awards for offerings ranging from burgers to banh mi offered a few surprises.

Puffins must now travel ever longer distances to harvest fish for their chicks. Flying long distances, with fish held in the ...

By the late 19th century, the goshawk was indisputably extinct, but their recent restoration to the British isles makes it worth exploring their history. Expert naturalist Mark Cocker tells more about ...

From New Zealand to Wales, the world is dotted with areas whose names are as lengthy as they are fascinating. These extended ...

In the twilight depths of the Gulf of Mexico, about as deep down as a football field is long, U.S. Navy divers carefully snip ...

On 6 June 1859, Queen Victoria signed the letters patent that allowed for the formation of a new colony from New South Wales and this colony was to be called Queensland. Borders between Queensland and ...

That’s tall enough to be “able to pick the belly button lint out of your belly button,” says Michael Archer, a paleontologist at the University of New South Wales in Australia who is part of ...

A pirate for a relative. Hidden secrets. International intrigue. A mystery that begged to be solved. Then a solo trip to ...