Comparisons of Olympic body types ...

Quoted: Six variations on the Olympic ideal.

Quoted: A model presents a creation during a design competition at D.park in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 3, 2008. The competition unveiled the three-day "Beijing Olympics & Chinese Fashion" series activities held by Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympics (BOCOG) and China Fashion Association.

She's incredible. A lot of great marathon photos here.

Quoted: Paula Radcliffe, the women's champion, trained during her pregnancy, right up to the day before she gave birth to Isla on Jan. 17. She started running again 12 days after the birth.

Beautiful photos of the Adirondacks with multimedia feature...

Quoted: After purchasing a vast unbroken wilderness in Adirondack Park that only loggers and a few hunters have ever seen, the Nature Conservancy will not preserve it all as public land.

Stunning photos of Mt. Kilimanjaro, plus impressive information graphics...

Quoted: THE CLOUDS OF KILIMANJARO The Karanga Camp, at 13,200 feet, in the shadow of the summit.

Quoted: As fires burned for a third day across Southern California, officials worried they could spread toward more populated areas.

Outstanding photos and video...

Quoted: Kurdish guerrillas have been waging a deadly insurgency in Iran and have links to the group that fights Turkey.

A great photo slideshow of life after the uprisings in Burma.