The Gulf of Mexico and Denali mountain are having their names changed by the US government. Here's why that matters to locals ...

America has always stripped the land of its original, Indigenous names. It's had surprising climate implications.

In the second part of our series, we take a look at how more Mexican states' names came to be and what they mean today.

Legend has it the axolotl was not always an amphibian. Long before it became Mexico’s most beloved salamander and efforts to ...

Visitors can head into these mountains alone. But everything we read recommended hiring a guide for a much deeper experience ...