Exploration

A red velvet worm, jeweled corpse flower, and other rare species were found while retracing the route of the bloody 1911-12 Abor Expedition.

North America's first culinary social club was born in the 17th-century Canadian frontier.

From visiting Petra in flip flops to getting nauseous at the Grand Canyon.

Botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter braved rapids and steep cliffs to catalog numerous plant species.

How far would you go to find the largest island in the largest lake on the largest island in the largest lake on the largest island in the largest lake in the United States?

Wait'll you hear these wonders of audio storytelling.

These scientists spent weeks underwater doing research—and convincing NASA women could also go into space.

This Women's History Month, we celebrate women doing extraordinary things all over the world.

Peek inside the "employment records" of Great Britain’s sled dogs.

For more than a century, their stories were ignored—until now.

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

With resourcefulness and a little help from international neighbors, a volunteer crew thrived in the icy landscape.