New cruise ships and new ways to experience favorite destinations top our list of 2026's best family vacation ideas.

When people imagine winter in Japan, they often think of snow festivals, steaming onsens, and powder-filled ski slopes. A beach, a coastline, sea…few imagine these in winter in Japan. But there lies a ...

Deserts are most commonly associated with extreme heat, dunes, and overall arid conditions. But in the past five years, there have been instances of snowfall in various deserts around the world, ...

In a rare weather event, Saudi Arabia's northern parts reportedly witnessed an unexpected snowfall last Thursday. Snowfall in the desert nation, which is associated with scorching heat and arid ...

As winter weather intensified over the Christmas season, some of Hollywood's biggest stars opted to escape the cold and chase the sunshine instead. Everyone from Dua Lipa to Jessica Alba took a ...

Belgium is trialing “dune-by-dike” systems as a nature-based defense against storm surges and sea-level rise, using engineered sand dunes in front of existing dikes to create a double buffer along ...

Scores of people have taken part in sea swims across the island of Ireland to start off 2026. Despite temperatures dropping for a chilly New Year’s Day, around the Irish coastline from Co Antrim to Co ...

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In Australia, Christmas Day celebrations December 25, fall at the height of summer. That's why Australians celebrate Christmas not with snow but with grains of white sand and searing heat waves.