Geography provides a sense of place. What a country has, in terms of strategic location and natural resources, can determine its role in the world. See why geography matters in this collection of stories.
Spiders begin their meal by vomiting digestive fluids on their food, chewing it with their jaws, swallowing it and then digesting it!
The plague lays waste to Asia and Europe; writings from the time suggest only one in ten people survive.
Carl Brashear is born in 1931 to sharecropping parents, who live in Kentucky during the time of restrictive "Jim Crow Laws."
North Vietnamese (PAVN) General Phuong describes battle preparations for Ia Drang, where they began a five-phase attack against the South (ARVN).
How are icebergs formed and why are they dangerous?
Constant snowcover on K2 masks openings to ice caves and crevasses.
Iguazu Falls is a huge, cascading waterfall at the border of Argentina and Brazil.
Artwork created by inmates and Soviet propaganda posters show details about prison life.
Frank is in Castillet for six months; conditions are medieval, and he becomes sick and lice-infested.
Machu Picchu is an extremely important part of the Inca Empire. It is located high in the Andes and mummies are found there in 1911.
Using flamethrowers, TNT, machine guns and "Ronson" tanks, the 28th Marines make slow progress capturing Suribachi.
In March of 1977, the world's worst aircraft disaster occurs at Tenerife. After striking a Pan Am 747, a KLM 747 explodes in a ball of fire, killing e...
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