Although she is glad to see improvement, Humad still has concerns for the people in her village, a remote, windswept and tree-less rocky hilltop village called Guhom in Ethiopia’s arid northeast Afar ...

Their dream came spectacularly true on that momentous day in 1974. The Lucy fossil preserved skull fragments and a lower jaw with teeth, as well as parts of the arm, leg, pelvis, spine and ribs—47 ...

A long-distance trek through Nepal’s Everest region offers lessons in Sherpa culture, rural mountain living, and humility.

About 600,000 people who are eligible to vote in the U.S. election live in Canada, the largest number outside the United ...

This includes controlling what and how much is consumed and getting back to the heart of celebrations, which should be centered on people, not food. “Festive foods are traditionally consumed ...

After spending three months in one of the driest places in the world, writer Mark Johanson is eager to return.

This online initiative helps Asheville and North Carolina's Buncombe County through encouraging retail purchases or donations.

Pollution and climate change are causing immense damage to Mount Everest. Here are some efforts to conserve the mountain.

The City of Asheville is ready to welcome back "visitors who come with patience and heart." But locals aren't so sure.

People worldwide feel deeply connected to the region’s unique small towns nestled ... 27, we've witnessed the damage and cleanup efforts from afar, not knowing how to help.

A local medical voluntary service program run for 30 consecutive years in rural regions has achieved good effects by offering high-end medical services.

When Helene first hit, Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority (TDA) President Vic Isley announced a “ Love Asheville ...