The land underneath the largest cities in the United States is sinking, a phenomenon threatening buildings, roads and rail lines, according to new research. But that sinking, known as subsidence ...

The land bridge refers to a band of Ukrainian territory occupied by Russia that stretches from the Donbas region along the Sea of Azov coast to Crimea. Source: Institute for the Study of War and ...

It’s an area larger than all the land in Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Manhattan combined. The idea was to keep human and agricultural waste out of the drinking water, so that the city could ...

But Applecross has a problem. Locals are leaving it. Despite the expansive countryside behind it, there is not enough land to build houses on. Land ownership in Scotland is among the most ...

Oracle Corp. purchased $42 million worth of East Bank land this month, adding to the sprawling Nashville property slated to become the tech company's world headquarters. The tech giant now owns ...

America’s biggest cities are slowly sinking—and not just the ones near the ocean, according to a study published today in the journal Nature Cities. The satellite-based study shows that all 28 ...

While passenger anxieties may be experiencing an uptick, one new design aboard a small aircraft is attempting to change the future of flying when it comes to safety. And it comes with just the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

And it’s not even endless roads available when you spend time at the Land Rover Off-Road Driving Experience school at Quail Lodge & Golf Club in Carmel Valley, California (nearly a dozen miles ...

Photo by BLM Despite vigorous opposition from Congressional Democrats and conservation groups, the House Natural Resource Committee early this morning approved a budget bill that includes a provision ...

A rat named Ronin has set a new Guinness World Record by detecting 109 land mines in Cambodia over the last four years. Ronin is an African giant pouched rat who works with APOPO, a nonprofit that ...

Over time, the peaks eroded to form the coral-encrusted Maldives’ atolls. The nation’s entire land area is just 115 square miles sitting in 35,000 square miles of ocean, with few islands ...