Travel & Adventure News
Take a video tour of the commercial superjumbo jet that can seat 555 and has room for a bar, a store, and someday even a gym.
March 28, 2007
Tarzan, eat your heart out. Zip lines and walkways crisscrossing Costa Rican jungles are offering monkey's-eye views of these vibrant habitats.
March 16, 2007
This week: jumbo squid vs. giant whale, robot ethics, Richard Leakey on rare gorilla birth, discovery of longest underground river, and more.
August 02, 2007
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.
March 15, 2007
What Wile E. Coyote would have given for one of these: a 400-story-high walkway that will break your fall for $25.
March 8, 2007
Find out why—even though it smells like a garbage dump—the durian fruit is considered a rare treat in Malaysian Borneo.
February 28, 2007
Polar explorer Will Steger will lead a team across Canada's Baffin Island to document the ways global warming is impacting humans in the far north.
February 23, 2007
Daredevil jumpers might soon have a new rush to add to their repertoire: diving from great heights and making a safe landing without a parachute.
February 9, 2007
Join a team of kayakers as they search for shallow salt lakes—the last remnants of oceans that once covered an arid mountain plateau.
February 1, 2007
Huge armadas of toxic bluebottle jellyfish are swamping Australia's east coast in record numbers, likely because of warming ocean waters.
January 24, 2007
Jittery fliers can take heart. NASA is developing two new technologies to help pilots steer clear of erratic, gusty winds.
January 22, 2007
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.
January 18, 2007
Many ski areas, driven by a desire to be more environmentally friendly, are now buying cleaner energy—or making their own.
January 9, 2007
Even in apartment blocks, volunteer shooters take aim to rid the ultra-orderly metropolis of a disorderly invasive species.
January 8, 2007
Miners and tourists alike are contaminating Argentina's caves, say scientists, who warn that fragile underground ecosystems and archaeological sites are at risk.
December 1, 2006
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