The skeleton was unearthed by geologist Jim Bowler from a dry lake bed in Mungo National Park, about 750km (470 miles) west of Sydney, in what was hailed a major discovery. Mr Bowler had already ...

Their shared goal was to complete the unfinished mission of Mungo Park, who had disappeared during a journey to determine whether the Niger and the Congo were the same river. Both quests ended ...

Mungo Man was returned to his home in 2017 ... is made up of 30 per cent National Park and 70 per cent pastoral leases.

Nestled within the acclaimed Mjejane Game Reserve in the heart of Kruger National Park, the luxurious Fifty-Five Mjejane ...

Newfound Gap, which sits at an elevation of 5,046 feet, is the lowest drivable pass in the park. Scenic, roughly 30-mile-long Newfound Gap – U.S. Route 441 – runs through the center of the ...

“Actually, I was quite the sensation. I remember the famous Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, taking pictures of me in my ‘Mungo Park suit’ when we were called in.” Representing ...

Of all the national parks within the United States, Glacier National Park stands out as one of the very best — and thus one of the most popular. Located in the northwest region of Montana ...

The National Park Foundation announced Monday that it had received the largest grant in its nearly 60-year history, a $100 million gift from Lilly Endowment Inc. The foundation, which is the ...

One of the most primeval parts of the lower 48 states, Olympic National Park covers nearly 1 million acres of the eponymous peninsula in Washington State—95 percent of which is designated ...

The largest national park in the Canadian Rockies, Jasper is wild in every sense of the word. Its landscape covers an expansive region of rugged backcountry trails and mountainous terrain ...

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