A total of 26 new sites were added to the UNESCO World Heritage list this year, 21 of which are of cultural importance to ...

“The protection of biodiversity in the [Upper Gulf of California], which includes the vaquita marina and the totoaba, ...

The World Heritage Committee has inscribed 26 new sites from various countries, including India's 'Maratha Military Landscape ...

T he United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has named 26 new sites to the World Heritage ...

But now, that familiar forest has a new title — one that puts it on par with Mount Kinabalu and the ancient caves of Niah. As ...

Three locations used by Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge regime as torture and execution sites 50 years ago have been added by ...

UNESCO World Heritage recognition has been given to seven new areas as World Heritage, following IUCN advice. Africa shone ...

The collection of ancient rock art becomes the country's second site to receive World Heritage status due to its First ...

Bavaria's fairy-tale royal castles, including Neuschwanstein, Herrenchiemsee and Linderhof, have been added to the UNESCO ...

The World Heritage listing raises timely questions, such as whether we might see nominations for sites from Australia’s own ...

A new strategy for World Heritage in Ireland aims to increase the number of World Heritage Properties in the country to ...

A large collection of rock art engravings — depicting animals, plants and human figures — in Western Australia has been ...