Japan and Washington, D.C. may be top of mind when it comes to cherry blossom season, but plenty of other destinations also ...

India celebrates 17 national symbols representing its heritage, culture, and values. Key symbols include the Tiranga flag, ...

The majority of the threatened species do not grow in environmentally protected locations. Tropical plants in the genus ...

A light installation of “dancing flowers” has gone on show at Scotland’s design museum ahead of an exhibition about gardens. Shylight can be seen in Scotland for the first time at V&A Dundee, ...

Sample fresh brews, try your hand at picking beans and roam the cloud forests and volcanic peaks of northern Nicaragua’s coffee ... reflect the views of National Geographic, National Geographic ...

Nicaragua has jailed hundreds of opponents, real and perceived, since then. Ortega's government has shut down more than 5,000 NGOs since the 2018 mass protests. Thousands of Nicaraguans have fled ...

The National Park Service (NPS) has forecast that Washington, D.C.’s famous cherry blossoms will reach peak bloom—when 70 percent of the flowers are open—between March 28 and 31, 2025. Although ...

The disgraced former chair of the Co-op Bank, Paul Flowers, has been jailed for three years on fraud charges. The 74-year old, who was forced out of the lender in 2013 amid claims of inappropriate ...

In a report in Geneva Wednesday, a group of UN human rights experts said Ortega's leftist government had recruited ex-combatants, retired soldiers and police, judges and public employees for a ...

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, under sanctions for human rights abuses, has sworn in 30,000 hooded civilians as a "volunteer police" force the opposition fears will be used as a tool of political ...