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The Arabian Desert's searing heat and swirling sandstorms are not for the faint of heart. Will these adventurers survive a 700-mile trek across the dunes?

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Crisscrossed with gems up to 36 feet (11 meters) long, Mexico's Cave of Crystals looks like nothing so much as Superman's Fortress of Solitude.

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This week: Las Vegas icon implodes, seas found on Saturn moon, elections commence in Mauritania, and more.

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Tarzan, eat your heart out. Zip lines and walkways crisscrossing Costa Rican jungles are offering monkey's-eye views of these vibrant habitats.

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The treasure hunters are only the latest to search for a cache of gold said to have been buried near Florida's Suwannee River by 19th century pirate Jean LaFitte.

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The princes of "Sealand" are selling the North Sea platform they call a country. Among the suitors: a Web site eager to extend the principality's pirate tradition.

Halted for days by a "brick wall" of blizzards, a search team is hoping to find three missing mountaineers near the top of the Oregon peak.

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Four amateur explorers have discovered a mammoth cave in California's Sequoia National Park that scientists are hailing as a major find.

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Go beneath the surface with a pair of Antarctic divers and witness some of the world's oddest creatures: fish with "antifreeze," thousand-year-old sponges—perhaps even a new species.

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On assignment for National Geographic magazine, U.S. journalist Paul Salopek was charged with espionage by a Sudanese court. A multiyear prison sentence could result. Updated.

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If you think you know the meaning of "night life," then you haven't gone scuba diving off the Florida Keys after dark. Join divers as they take in the evening show that is the ocean at night.

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A new study reports that the much loved landscapes of Yellowstone, Yosemite, and ten other U.S. national parks are at grave risk due to climate change.

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The award-winning documentary is the first commercially released film shot by soldiers in the field and the first to be directed via email and instant messenger.

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Explore Roosevelt National Park, and see how time has shaped the majestic landscapes the former U.S. president first roamed in 1883.

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Harry Potter fans may soon disappear. That is, if they ever get their hands on the invisibility cloaks for which scientists have drawn up blueprints.

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