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…
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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…
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…
Overtourism in Spain: Beaches Are Overflowing – and the Sea Is Paying the Price
By August, Spain’s beaches are supposed to be at their most inviting. Instead, in some of the country’s busiest coastal…
Eight Dead, 17 Missing After Ferry Capsizes Off Northern Cyprus
At least eight people have died and 17 remain missing after a passenger ferry capsized Sunday off the northern coast…
Rio’s Beaches Are Some of the Most Famous on Earth. Here’s What’s Actually in the Water.
Rio de Janeiro doesn’t really have an off-season. Wedged between mountains and the South Atlantic, the city runs warm enough…
The Great White Was Almost as Long as the Boat. Then the Drone Went Up
It was supposed to be a routine day on the water off the New South Wales coast. Instead, a drone…
Tornado Strikes Southern France After Exceptionally Hot Summer
A powerful tornado swept through parts of southern France on Monday, leaving a trail of damaged homes, injured residents and…
One of the Most Photographed Beach in Europe Has Been Closed for Four Straight Summers – and You Still Can’t Set Foot on It
For a beach that virtually nobody is allowed to actually stand on anymore, Navagio has an unusual talent for showing…
Hundreds of Sharks Were Spotted Just Off a North Carolina Beach. The Real Surprise Is How We Finally Saw Them.
A drone captured what appeared to be hundreds – possibly thousands – of sharks moving through the shallow waters off…
Influencers Are Risking Shark Bites for the Perfect Instagram Shot – And the Sharks Are Paying For It Too
Somewhere between crystal-clear water, a hungry shark, and the desire for millions of views, a dangerous new genre of content…
The ‘Flesh-Eating’ Bacteria Is Spreading Along America’s Warm Coasts. Here’s What’s Really Happening in the Gulf of Mexico
A naturally occurring bacteria is thriving in warm coastal waters, and health officials are warning that summer heat, hurricanes and…
Everyone Wants to Find Odysseus’ Island. That Could Make Ithaca Greece’s Next Tourism Hotspot.
Greece’s next big tourism boom may not be coming to Santorini or Mykonos. It may be heading to a much…
Iguazu Falls Is So Full of Water That Its Most Famous Walkway Is Being Taken Apart
The water at Iguazu Falls is surging so violently that authorities are dismantling one of the attraction’s most spectacular walkways…
Magnitude 5.0 Earthquake Strikes Southern Spain in the Early Hours of August 15, 2026
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake shook southern Spain in the early hours of August 15, 2026, at 1:04 a.m. local time,…
Bulgaria Just Picked a Surprise Eurovision Host City – And It Could Be the Best Advertisement for Its Black Sea Coast Yet
Forget Sofia. Eurovision 2027 is heading to the beach. Bulgaria has just chosen Burgas, its laid-back Black Sea port city,…
Millions Chased 2 Minutes of Darkness. Here’s How Spain Turned a Solar Eclipse Into a Tourism Gold Rush
Millions of people spent months – and, in some cases, thousands of dollars – chasing just a few minutes of…
Istanbul Airport Smashes European Record With 289,732 Passengers in a Single Day
Istanbul Airport has shattered its own record and set a new all‑time high for daily passenger traffic in both Türkiye…
A Lifeguard in Maine Was Dragged Underwater by a Great White Shark
A lifeguard at Scarborough Beach State Park in Maine was pulled about five to six feet underwater on Saturday, August…