Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) introduced legislation on Thursday to rename North America’s highest mountain “Denali,” after ...

As part of their placement, the students have been provided with a fully furnished home, allowing them to not only train at ...

An ordinary day, no better and, thank God, no worse than others. A hunted rat rushes all over the world and begs only for one ...

The volcano “is released from the shackles — the shackles of injustice, of ignorance, of hate,” an official said ...

The odd move makes Taranaki Maunga "a living and indivisible whole" with the full right and powers of a human.

A man takes a picture of his wife with Mount Taranaki, also known as Mount Egmont, in the background in New Plymouth, New Zealand, September 26, 2011. File Photo/AP A mountain in New Zealand will have ...

Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand, which has ruled that a river and a stretch of sacred land are ...

Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New ...

Mount Taranaki is considered an ancestral being by indigenous people. In a landmark decision, New Zealand has granted Mount Taranaki, now officially known as Taranaki Maunga, the same legal rights ...

Jan. 31 (UPI) --The New Zealand government granted Mount Taranaki the same legal rights as a person after the country agreed to compensate its indigenous inhabitants for past colonization.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person on Thursday after a new law granted it all the rights and ...