An analysis of the genomes of nearly 6,000 Greenlandic people suggests that their Inuit ancestors rarely moved around after ...

The Gullah Geechee Heritage Corridor stretches from the coast of Florida to the coast of North Carolina. Here's what you need ...

The Gullah Geechee descended from Africans enslaved on the rice, indigo and cotton plantations. Efforts are underway to preserve the culture.

Quezon City. Boracay Island, the country's top tourist destination, is not spared from the unlawful trade of contraband cosmetics with high mercury content. The EcoWaste Coalition made this ...

Underwater artifacts make up a small proportion of colonial-era heritage, but as their number increases, the time is ripe for ...

April 5, 1968, was the day painter Joe Overstreet began work on Justice, Faith, Hope, and Peace (1968), a four-panel shaped ...

Once a holding cell for kidnapped Africans, the island’s House of Slaves is today a UNESCO World Heritage site—and the site of healing and atonement.

Dakar's architectural heritage is at risk as historic structures like the Sandaga market are demolished for modern ...

The law passed Thursday gives Taranaki Maunga all the rights, powers, duties, responsibilities and liabilities of a person. Its legal personality has a name: Te Kāhui Tupua, which the law views as “a ...

Public access will remain. New Zealand was the first country in the world to recognize natural features as people when a law ...

We’ve rounded up some of the most amazing places to visit by sea in the coming year—from Alaska’s Aleutian Islands to Albania ...