In honor of the King of Thailand's 60th year on the throne, fishers in northern Thailand have promised to stop catching the world's largest freshwater fish.

The wetlands, mostly destroyed by Saddam Hussein's regime, are springing back to life. But some experts say that pollution and agricultural water use threaten further improvement.

From Sumatra to Somalia, a real-life scourge of the seas is on the rise, with pirate attacks tripling worldwide in the span of a decade.

A boat-shaped rock formation found on an Iranian mountain could be the petrified remains of Noah's ark, according to a group of Christian archaeologists.

It's the resting place of countless Stone Age dead, but mystery lives on at Newgrange, a tomb with one feature that seems straight out of Raiders of the Lost Ark.

As the U.S. prepares to celebrate its 230th birthday, one of the country's most recognizable symbols has just finished getting an eight-year makeover.

A 17th-century well has revealed thousands of artifacts that hint at how the bay's environment has changed since early colonial times.

Pigs' blood, magic powders, and hexes are just some of the "juju" tactics some believers employ to boost their team's performance.

A sarcophagus found in the famous Valley of the Kings has revealed desiccated flower garlands "never seen before" in real life.

Take a video tour of one of the United States' oldest neighborhoods, from the landmarks of the Freedom Trail to the bistros of its restaurant row.

The century-old tree, probably featured on the back of the U.S. 20-dollar bill, was hauled off to the chipper this week.

Get up close and personal with some of the event's most exuberant attendees.

Some 100,000-year-old seashells may be the oldest known form of personal ornamentation, challenging notions about the evolution of human culture.

Gen. Colin Powell, Olympic speed skating champion Joey Cheek, and others marked the day by extolling "hope" among the displaced.

June 20, 2006—Watch Gen. Colin Powell's address at this morning's World Refugee Day event at National Geographic's Washington, D.C., headquarters.