The Falkland Islands: A Remote Subpolar World Beyond the Territorial Dispute
For decades, the Falkland Islands have been at the center of a dispute between Britain and Argentina. But beyond the…
Why Argentina’s Surf Season Should Be on Every Surfer’s Radar
As spring arrives in the Southern Hemisphere, Argentina’s Atlantic coast is gearing up for another surf season – with long…
Southern California’s Beaches Are Being Ripped Apart by Huge Waves. What Happens Next?
From Malibu to Long Beach and Orange County, powerful swells have stripped away beaches, damaged homes and infrastructure, and exposed…
The Darién Gap Is One of the Wildest Places on Earth – And the Americas’ Great Highway Stops There
Between Panama and Colombia lies a vast landscape of rainforests, mountains, wetlands and rivers so remote that large parts of…
Kelvin Waves From the Equatorial Pacific Are Moving Toward North America: Why They Matter
A powerful pulse of warm water is advancing from the equatorial Pacific toward the coast of North America. Known as…
Cabo San Lucas Beaches Are Some of the Most Beautiful in the World. Some of Them Are Also Very Dangerous.
More than 3.8 million tourists visited the Los Cabos region in 2025 alone, according to the Los Cabos Tourism Board…
Rwanda’s Double Triumph: Africa’s Cleanest Nation and the Rescue of a Rare Species
Ask most Americans to picture Rwanda and, if they picture anything at all, it’s probably 1994. What they’re missing is…
The World Has Green Beaches – So Why Don’t We Talk About Them?
Ask someone to picture a beach and they’ll describe some version of the same palette: golden, white, maybe a dramatic…
Florida’s Beaches Are Finally Seeing Less Sargassum – But the Seaweed Problem Isn’t Going Away
The worst of Florida’s 2026 sargassum season appears to be easing, but huge amounts of the floating seaweed are still…
The World’s Next Ocean Is Being Born Right Now – And It Looks Like a Lake
Somewhere in the heart of Asia, a very slow, very real drama is unfolding: a continent is tearing itself apart,…
According to Science, This Small Canadian Town Is the World’s Most Beautiful Summer Destination
When researchers want to know which destination is objectively the most stunning, they no longer rely on travel surveys or…
Berlin’s Festival of Lights Turns the German Capital Into a Giant Open-Air Gallery
For 10 nights each October, Berlin’s most famous landmarks become canvases for enormous projections, 3D mapping and light installations. Here’s…
Europe’s Winter Escape Hatch: Why Corralejo, Fuerteventura, Might Have the Best January Beach Weather You’ve Never Heard Of
While most of Europe is digging out scarves and watching the forecast for snow, one stretch of coastline just off…
Hurricane Lowell Just Swept West of Hawaii – And 2026 Has Been an Unusually Busy Year for the Islands
Hawaii has once again found itself watching a powerful hurricane pass close to its western islands. Hurricane Lowell briefly reached…
You Think Europe Is Safe from Tsunamis? History Might Prove You Wrong!
When people picture a tsunami, they picture Southeast Asia in 2004 or Japan in 2011 – the Pacific “Ring of…
Dozens of Skyscrapers in Brazil Are Leaning by Feet. The Ground Beneath Them Is the Problem
In Santos, Brazil, apartment towers along the Atlantic coast have slowly tilted by feet. The buildings are still homes to…
Japan Built a 400-Kilometer Wall to Fight the Ocean. It Cost $12 Billion. Does It Actually Work?
On the afternoon of March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake – the strongest ever recorded in Japan – ruptured…
The World Map Is Being Redrawn – And Africa Is at the Center of the Change
For generations, the world has been taught through a map that makes some of the planet’s largest countries and continents…
Costa Rica’s Unusual Orange Shark: The Story Behind the Rare Sighting
When a group of sport fishermen dropped their lines off Costa Rica in August 2024, they were expecting the usual…
Inside the Phuket Vegetarian Festival: The Thai Celebration Where Devotees Pierce Their Faces and Walk on Fire
Every October, one of Thailand’s most photographed islands trades its beach-resort image for something far stranger: nine days of trance,…