The preliminaries of the 73rd Miss Universe competition took place in Mexico City this week, with more than 120 contestants.

Rafael's biggest impact is expected to be on Cuba, but it will still bring at least some risk to the U.S. in the days ahead.

Hurricane Rafael swirled past the Cayman Islands and was expected to rapidly intensify until making landfall on Wednesday in ...

Thanks for the window into birds, and into my dad’s passion.

For a study of male Cuba’s bee hummingbirds’ mating displays, scientists captured the birds to get body weight and wing measurements (above). This one stayed still on the scale because ...

a dog was barking furiously at birds. Putin suddenly backtracks Hurricane Oscar moving towards Cuba and The Bahamas Siberia's 'gateway to hell' is now so big it can be seen from space 7 things you ...

Editor’s Note: Jesús Jank Curbelo described his harrowing journey from Cuba to Texas in the Observer ... the shiny buildings of Dallas, flocks of birds on wires, shelves full of food at ...

Donald Trump says the North Korean leader ‘misses him.’ But Kim Jong Un has a new ally now in Russia’s Vladimir Putin, and ...

Record-breaking heat, extreme weather events, air pollution and the spread of infectious disease: climate change poses an ...

The saltwater crocodile, Crocodylus porosus, is the largest living reptile on Earth, and it rules the waters from northern ...

Meander around the small coastal pueblos, or towns, and allow time for spontaneous discovery. The once-sleepy town of Sayulita is now a buzzing, bohemian, surf destination whose cobbled streets are ...