If all goes well, Miami Beach could be the first city in South Florida to receive a Blue Zones certification, which means the ...

A flash of electric blue—that's as intimately as most people ... In the world's temperate zones, where drab plumage is the norm, this kingfisher, unlike its North American cousins, bedazzles.

Down here most people live to 90 and a lot to 100. It’s about no stress, good food and families being together’ ...

Journalist Dan Buettner thinks they are, combined with other forms of physical activity and mostly vegetarian diets.

Armored catfish are driving manatees out of their warm-water refuges, putting their health at risk. Here’s why it’s happening ...

The largest agricultural boom on the planet threatens to destroy a spectacular savanna. Here's what happens when progress ...

In the run-up to Rio’s Carnival, follow the beat to this buzzy beach suburb, where the Brazilian city’s surf, food and music ...

Linking Delhi, the Taj Mahal and the pink city of Jaipur, with detours for temples and tigers, this is the perfect route for ...

Other Blue Zones are Okinawa in Japan, Ikaria in Greece, Sardinia, Loma Linda in California and most recently Singapore. I’ve chosen to explore Nicoya, home to one of the highest concentrations of ...