In some ways it's easy to explain the growing popularity of the half marathon. It's obviously not as long as the 26.2 mile race, but you feel a sense of accomplishment that's similar to finishing a ...

It has been claimed that in the past, Britain was covered by such thick and unbroken forest that a squirrel would have been able to travel the length of the island without ever touching the ground.

A team of ecologists, biologists, geographers, geologists and Earth scientists from across Europe, working with a colleague from the U.K. and another from Canada, has found evidence suggesting that ...