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Forget Chile’s Atacama Desert, or Hawaii’s Mauna Kea. A petrified forest in Colombia is where you want to go for the best stargazing on the planet.

Don't let unexpected emergencies put a damper on your journey. Be ready for them with these travel tips.

This picturesque lake in northern Tanzania is harsh enough to burn anything that touches it. Unless, of course, you're one of the select few species adapted to thrive in it.

Updated June 25, 2020 On June 17th, ocean rower Lia Ditton set off on a 20 ft. long rowboat, alone and unsupported, in an attempt to set the fastest ever time for a solo crossing from San Francisco to Hawaii.

Danni Washington is not only the face of Discovery Exploration, but she is also an ocean advocate and conservationist who has plans on how everyone can make a big impact.

Take a trip to explore Antarctica. It's not just a physical experience but a spiritual adventure that you won't forget.

Explore Alaska on an RV road trip, seeing Denali, Fairbanks, Valdez and everything in between.

Bucky gets lucky with a new fossil discovery. A North Carolina State University paleontologist finds his dream fossil in the sands of the New Mexico desert.

Fire has been known for its powerful renewal energy for centuries and is used in both ancient and modern rituals and ceremonies.

Kwanzaa may be a festival celebrated by millions of African Americans and pan-Africans, but it has only been around for a few decades. Introduced to the United States in 1966 as a ritual to welcome the first harvest to the home, the festival, which takes place from December 26 to January 1, is a celebration of life, unity, family, and culture.

If researchers can reach it, it could tell them important things about the early people who built it.

To celebrate Black History Month, The Explorers Club is hosting a panel of speakers to share amazing stories of little-known exploits in Black history, adventure, exploration, escape, resilience, and survival. The panel streams live on Monday, February 28th at 7:00pm ET on explorers.org, their YouTube Channel, Facebook Live.

Funeral traditions around the world vary widely depending on cultural and religious practices, but they often use burial or cremation. Neither method is good for the environment, and green alternatives are gaining in popularity. Aquamation, or water cremation, is a low-carbon, less energy-intensive process that could replace both.

Learn about the world's longest pedestrian bridge at Discovery.com

In honor of Women's History Month, we're celebrating the achievements of women around the globe and throughout history. From the pages of The Explorers Journal, we're sharing stories from four women who broke boundaries in exploration, research, and science. In our final spotlight, meet the first American woman to walk in space and to reach the deepest known point in the ocean, Dr. Kathy Sullivan.