Jetting off to an idyllic island sounds pretty perfect at any time, but even more so right now. With everything that’s going on in the world, the idea of escaping to a hidden spot with a leisurely ...

The world is home to many tiny creatures. Paedophryne Amauensis is the smallest vertebrate. Paedocypris fish lives in acidic swamps. Slender Blind Snake lives underground. Kitti’s Hog-Nosed Bat is ...

Did you know there is a smallest country in the world that can be easily walked across in a few minutes? It’s even smaller than some of the world’s biggest airports? That country is Vatican City.

As the saying goes, great things come in small packages. And that goes double for your vacation destination. For travelers seeking solitude, island escapes have long been at the top of their travel ...

A tiny new species of chameleon has been discovered, and it seems to be the smallest reptile in the world. Known as Brookesia nana, or the nano-chameleon, the petite species can perch on a fingertip ...

The United States of America was created in the 18th century with the Declaration of Independence by 13 British colonies in North America. The country expanded its territory throughout the 19th and ...

Countries come in all shapes and sizes. Some of the largest sovereign countries by measure of surface area include Russia, Canada and the U.S., according to nationsonline.org. But what is the smallest ...

Talk about a small wonder: Scientists recently took the first photographs of what could be the world's smallest life-form. The bacterium—which doesn't yet have a name—is so tiny, more than 150,000 of ...

Whether you're seconds away from delicious avocado toast, or about to ingest heavenly pizza bagels, there's something seriously satisfying about the moment when your toaster dings signaling your food ...

The world's smallest tree is Dwarf Willow (Salix herbacea). The pygmy weed, a tiny succulent from California, has the smallest leaves in the world. The height of the Dwarf Willow is 1-6 centimeters (0 ...

This year’s ozone hole over Antarctica ranked among the smallest since the early 1990s, reflecting steady progress from ...