With immigration front and center in American politics, even immigrants and refugees who are directly affected hold differing ...

Strange lightning-strike rashes? Exploding trees? A lake that's a lightning magnet? These lightning facts will, well, shock ...

Sam Tanenhaus' new biography examines the life and influence of the political commentator, magazine editor and TV debater who ...

In Venezuela’s oil capital of Maracaibo, a drilling frenzy has led to dozens of new wells — but the valuable liquid being ...

Failing to revive an economy in free fall, Nicolás Maduro’s regime has now turned its sights on those who dare to describe the collapse. In recent weeks, authorities have detained ...

The Everlasting Storm in Venezuela creates the world’s most intense lightning show. With over 1 million strikes yearly, it amazes scientists and lights up Lake Maracaibo nearly every night. The post ...

MARACAIBO, Venezuela — A putrid smell hangs over the black-stained shores of Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela, where an oil slick is emblematic of the steep decline in the country's ...

A putrid smell hangs over the black-stained shores of Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela, where an oil slick is emblematic of the steep decline in the country’s once-enviable petroleum industry.

Residents who live near Venezuela’s Lago de Maracaibo, or Lake Maracaibo, don’t have to wonder about that scenario—they experience lightning storms for an average of 260 nights a year.

Most of Venezuela’s shrimp farms sit on the eastern shore of Lake Maracaibo, a brackish lagoon covering an area larger than the island of Sicily in the country’s northwest. This region is also ...

Lake Maracaibo is a natural wonder in the heart of Venezuela! The lake with its unique ecological features attracts curious travellers from all over the world. However, it is not only the beauty ...

Many of the accidents have occurred in or around Lake Maracaibo, which used to be ground zero for Venezuela's oil industry. The country's first major oil well was drilled here in 1914 and hundreds ...