Field expeditions to exotic locales to help with scientific research are becoming more common—but they're still uncomfortable and fraught with peril, experts say.
Grizzlies in and around Yellowstone National Park no longer need protection under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. says, a move that critics call premature.
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.
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.
