In Northern Africa, people are planting millions of trees to help stop the Sahara’s southward spread.
Photographer Dorothea Lange documented the struggles and the dignity of Americans during the Great Depression.
From Belize to New Zealand, people around the world are working to save endangered languages.
Female athletes in Hawaii say their school is breaking a law that bans gender discrimination in school sports.
Two experts weigh in on the pros and cons of lightening the homework load for middle schoolers.
A political cartoonist comments on the perils and problems of e-cigarettes for young users.
The world’s largest active volcano recently gave Hawaii a major wake-up call.
For half a century, Alaska’s biggest sporting event has taken off from Anchorage in early March.
A new space-age jet suit can give regular humans the high-flying abilities of a superhero.
Its appearance in a video game has turned a real-life little salamander into a popular pet for home aquariums.