Iceland, the land of ice and fire, is for geologists what the tropics are for ecologists: an opportunity for an unparalleled ...

The tropics, where biodiversity and interactions among species abound, provide an alternative view of relationships between ...

Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Native trees are few and small. According to the Icelandic Forest Service, nearly a thousand years ago early settlers cut down whatever trees there were.

The Reykjavík residents imagined something in the countryside where they could relish Iceland’s short-but-sweet summers, and in colder months, peer out from wide windows. "Somewhere we could ...

How and where foreigners can socialise in Bratislava (a page offering basic info regarding life in Bratislava, including ...

A wildfire burning in New Jersey on Tuesday forced some residents to evacuate and closed a stretch of a major highway. The ...

When you plan your visit to the "Land of Fire and Ice," one of the destinations you shouldn't miss on your vacation to Iceland, at least according to other travelers, is the famous Blue Lagoon hot ...

A weekly roundup of global media coverage on Finland features a political shift to the left, the return of wolverines to ...

The ascent of Laufey Lin Jónsdóttir, better known as simply Laufey, is written like a Nordic fairytale. The Icelandic-Chinese ...

The Cape and Islands’ first record of white-faced ibis was identified after the fact from a photo of 15 glossy ibis flying over Sandy Neck in Barnstable. Other sightings at Sandy Neck included 150 ...