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Delta Air Lines opened what's billed as the largest facility of its kind Thursday, adding a key layer to safe and reliable air travel.

A species of giant tortoise thought to have been extinct for more than 100 years has been found on the Galapagos island of Fernandina.

You see a lot when you're a concierge at one of Dubai's luxury hotels. These are some the wildest requests they've received from their demanding guests.

An extraordinarily close encounter between a scientist and a killer whale has been captured on camera.

A look inside Adare Manor, an estate in the Irish countryside that was christened "Hotel of the Year" by the influential Virtuoso network.

A rare opportunity for those who have long dreamed of watching illuminated lanterns dancing across night skies in the stunning historic setting of Beijing's Forbidden City.

"Firefall," the natural phenomenon that makes it appear that lava is flowing over a cliff at Yosemite National Park, is back-- but only for a few days.

Indiana Dunes National Park, a 15,000-acre area in northwestern Indiana, along the shore of Lake Michigan, is the country's newsest and 61st -- national park. It's one of 418 units in the US National Park Service.

Among the usual traffic taking off at London's Heathrow Airport on Tuesday morning was an eye-catching blast from the past -- a retro-painted British Airways Boeing 747.

The latest addition to the roster of global culinary extravaganzas seeking to highlight some of the best dining experiences on the planet, the inaugural World Restaurant Awards took place in Paris' Palais Brongniart Monday night.

From its stunning beaches to its amazing interior, Brazil is a feast for the eyes. Here are 20 of its most beautiful places to visit when you travel to South America's largest country.

US airline passengers who don't identify as "male" or "female" will soon have more gender options to choose when booking tickets.

It's almost here.

The world comes together on the Las Vegas Strip.

The soon-to-be discontinued Airbus A380 superjumbo still has decades of life ahead of it, but exorbitant running costs could consign it quickly into the aviation history books.

Providence, Rhode Island, is the biggest city in America's smallest state, and it often gets lost between two of its neighbors, bustling Boston and elegant Newport. But coming to New England and skipping this city is a major travel mistake.

If you've been to the emirate, you've probably seen the Dubai Fountain. But what's going on underneath all that water?

The team of the Weddell Sea Expedition aimed to locate the Endurance, the ship famously lost to the ice in 1915, during Ernest Shackleton's attempt to make the first land crossing of the Antarctic. The search was called off this week, however, after marine archaeologists' own underwater vehicle succumbed to the Weddell Sea ice.

Departing flights from Dubai International Airport, one of the world's busiest travel hubs, were temporarily suspended on Friday due to "unauthorized drone activity" near a runway, according the Ali Zaigham, the airport's press relations manager.