The New York Islanders grinded out a 3-2 OT win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday in comeback fashion. In the process, ...

In the 19th century, natural ice was a prized possession. New York City was the nation’s largest consumer, and Hudson Valley ...

A larger shelf means legal access to more of the ocean floor’s riches: animals, hydrocarbons, and, perhaps most important, ...

The Western New York Land Conservancy recently purchased the 38-acre Jim and Edna Braddell Preserve on Grand Island. The preserve is on old farmland and not open to the public.

Trump also renamed Denali, North America’s tallest peak, as Mount McKinley, despite objections from Alaska’s senators.

Mapmakers and teachers are rethinking what to call the body of water between Mexico, the U.S. and Cuba after President Trump ...

Deep within Earth’s mantle lie two enormous regions, often referred to as "islands," which are the size of continents.

How do place names get made and then changed? There’s a process. But it involves people as well as bureaucracy, so it’s not ...

New York State is loaded with towns and villages (and some big cities) with near impossible names to pronounce. Here are a 12 ...

The country's fiery liquid landscape shifts, on a massive scale. By Michael Dumiak Kristín Jóhannsdóttir woke at two in the ...

Take advantage of the country’s expansive bike trail network while also visiting some of the top wine regions on the planet.

Travelling to watch sporting events has grown into a multi-billion-pound industry. And destinations are answering the call, ...