Exploration and Explorers

The arresting photo: three almost naked men shooting arrows into the sky to ward off aerial evil.

Pepper was once so valuable that it could be used to pay the rent.

Early Arctic expeditions found same haze that hovers over Arctic region now.

The nearly four-century-old document pinpoints the date Europeans first voyaged up the waterway.

An expedition to Ghana yielded amazing finds, including eight new katydid species.

On Mount Everest, youth and energy trumps age and experience.

Which came first–-the Polynesian chicken or the European?

As many as 30 new species, including a psychedelic octopus, have been found in one of the world's most pristine marine environments.