There are no female characters in J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit,” published on this day in 1937. Only one female, Belladonna Took, is mentioned by name.

New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been freed from more than 18 months in captivity in Indonesia’s Papua, the Indonesian police said in a statement on ...

New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been freed from more than 18 months in captivity in Indonesia’s Papua, the Indonesian police said in a statement on ...

The Gaoyiling scenic spot in Chenzhou, Hunan is a land of Danxia landforms, which has yet to be developed.

Officials at Monday’s Salisbury Beach subcommittee meeting expressed optimism that work on a beach nourishment project will ...

Some past year’s Fantasy Fest themes include: “Fantasy Fest B.C. (1988)” “Tinseltown Dreams (1995),” “Secrets of the Zodiac ...

In September the walled garden that sits amidst one of Scotland’s most impressive designed landscapes is bursting with late-season colour.

Mars spiders are landforms found primarily in the planet's south polar regions. They consist of branched, circular spots on ...

Recent satellite data reveal that the Konya Basin in the Central Anatolian Plateau of Türkiye is continually being reshaped ...

As infrastructure such as transportation and electricity rapidly develops in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous ...

Woods Hole, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority General Manager Robert B. Davis announced today that he will ...

Australian listed miner IGO is understood to be weighing acquisition of one of Rio Tinto’s assets in Western Australia as it ...