A kitten named Jersey survived a hundreds-mile trip wedged inside a car from New Jersey to the University of Georgia campus before mechanics finally freed him.
The State Department's Ecuador advisory flags violent crime, kidnapping and terrorism -- but Quito and the Galapagos Islands avoid the harshest warnings.
Julie Sagoskin's Sicily vacation became a vacation nightmare when Mount Etna's volcanic activity canceled her Catania airport flight home and she had to scramble for a way out.
Tourist Ken Nurse was hoisted by helicopter from McDonald Creek after a serious 120-foot cliff fall at Glacier National Park in Montana. A bystander aided in his rescue.
A boater in Svalbard, Norway, was fined 50,000 Norwegian kroner, or roughly $5,300, after intentionally using a ship horn to wake a sleeping polar bear on land.
A massive sandstone lintel bearing Ramesses II's titles was unearthed by archaeologists at Tell Abu Seifi, potentially linking the site to the lost city of Mesen.
The wreck of HMS Tiger was found off the Isle of Wight after divers spent five years researching archives to pinpoint the Royal Navy warship lost in 1908.
A massive sandstone lintel bearing Ramesses II's titles was unearthed by archaeologists at Tell Abu Seifi, potentially linking the site to the lost city of Mesen.
A 7.4-magnitude Colombia earthquake killed at least 289 people as the U.S. State Department maintains a Level 3 travel advisory due to crime, terrorism and kidnapping.
A frightening video captured tourists clinging to each other before being swept downstream by a sudden flash flood at Mae Sa Waterfall in Chiang Mai, Thailand.