The story behind the award-winning photo of an elusive brown hyena bringing new life to the Namib Desert.

They were chosen out of 60,636 images, with photographers from 113 countries and teritories submitting their work. The ...

South African photographer Wim van den Heever has received this year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year award for his image ...

“Microbes are the world’s oldest miners,” says Liz Dennett, founder and CEO of the start-up Endolith Mining, based near ...

California’s landscape is dotted with forgotten places once-thriving communities that time has left behind. These ghost towns tell stories of gold rushes, mining booms, and dreams that turned to dust.

Howard Frisk’s newest book, Abandoned Mines of Western Idaho, brings Idaho’s mining past vividly to life, featuring dramatic sites like the towering remains of the Hecla Mine in Burke. The book is ...

Sep. 21—Driving back from a state sheriffs' association conference last month, Valencia County Sheriff's Lt. Joseph Rowland stopped off at an abandoned mine north of Belen to retrieve a set of $12 fly ...

In the valley below Monroeville Mall, a small stream that starts in Penn Hills winds its way downhill alongside Stotler Road, before breaking southeast and following the road that bears its name, ...

The world of Borderlands 4 has many secrets to uncover, the abandoned Auger mines being one of them. Why were they abandoned? We don’t know! However, we do know that if you find an Auger mine and ...

Is geothermal energy starting to see light in Harrisburg? A new state legislative study and legislation suggest a greater focus on tapping geothermal energy to help meet Pennsylvania’s energy needs.