Under the new plan Delta will require U.S. resident frequent fliers to not just fly thousands of miles but also spend thousands of dollars annually on Delta tickets to reach elite levels in the SkyMiles frequent flier program. (Getty Images) Delta is hiking the requirements to reach top levels of frequent flier status, a bid to restore the sense of exclusivity for its most lucrative customers. Under the new plan Delta will require U.S. resident frequent fliers to not just...

(Thinkstock/Digital Vision) Find a Better Seat Flying can be a big pain in 2013. You still have to take off your shoes at security. You're forking over big bucks for airline fees. Alec Baldwin still can't play Words with Friends during take-off and taxi. Ugh. Your seat assignment doesn't have to be painful, too. Chris Lopinto, president and co-founder of ExpertFlyer.com shares 7 Steps to Finding the Best Airline Seat. Click ahead to end your days of getting stuck in...

Dick Jacobs, 76, stands in a full-body scanner as he passes though an airport security check with his shoes and jacket on at Portland International Airport (PDX) March 19, 2012 in Portland, Oregon. (Natalie Behring/Getty Images) Those airport scanners with their all-too revealing body images will soon be going away. The Transportation Security Administration says the X-ray scanners will be gone by June because the company that makes them can't fix the privacy issues. The other airport body scanners, which...

It's the that's giving us the hebbie-jebbies, but we can't turn away. The guys behind the YouTube channel head into the Amazon and get up close and personal with a tailless whip scorpion. The says are powerful arachnids, with 10 thin, whip-like legs for trapping their pray. The 4-minute you how the Smarter Every Day team puts that strength to the test by placing the scorp on places we'd never dare to let a scorp crawl! MORE ON WEATHER.COM: When...

Johannesburg, South Africa Chantal Beyer and her husband Sven Fouche, left, pose for a photograph with rhinos at the Aloe Ridge Nature Reserve near Johannesburg South Africa last weekend. Just after the photo was taken, the closest rhino attacked Beyer and its horn penetrated Beyer's chest from behind, resulting in a collapsed lung and broken ribs. (AP Photo/Thom Peeters, Family Handout) The husband who saw his new bride gored by a rhino is giving more insight on the attack that...

Family Friendly Fun (Courtesy of the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas) Every year, millions of us come face-to-face with stingrays, squid, and sharks—and we do it without ever leaving dry land. Aquariums are much more than just oversized fish tanks, offering a wonderful opportunity for us to discover an underwater world and view aquatic creatures up close. It’s not surprising that the best aquariums also tend to be the most kid-friendly, providing a fun environment that fosters discovery through hands-on...

Need to Get Away? It's the middle of January and we're in the heart of winter. Northern towns , and recent snowy scenes have been a common backdrop for millions. However, some towns haven't been dragged into the doldrums of winter. Check out our list of five cities that have seen warmer-than-average days in the coldest month of the year. (Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images) The mere mention of Phoenix conjures up images of a desert baking in triple-digit heat. Naturally, it's...

All Nippon Airways' Boeing 787 "the Dreamliner" parks on the tarmac at Haneda airport in Tokyo, Friday, Jan. 18, 2013. (Associated Press) The investigation into Boeing's troubled 787 Dreamliner aircraft is now linked to a company which also supplies batteries to the International Space Station. Bloomberg reports that Japan-based battery maker GS Yuasa Corp. "won a contract in August to supply lithium-ion battery cells to help power the International Space Station." The lithium-ion batteries are at the center of the...

Slick roads create frightening moments in Russia when a baby is ejected from of a car into oncoming traffic, according to the Telegraph. The video shows the white SUV crossing the white line, then over-correcting and losing control. An oncoming vehicle hits the back of the SUV and the impact throws the one-year-old out of the SUV into oncoming traffic. You can see cars swerve to avoid the child before an adult can get out of the car to scoop...

Paris People walk in the snow-covered Champs-Elysees in Paris after the snow fell over the French capital this week. (Mehdi Fedouach/AFP/Getty Images) While snow has disrupted travel and closed schools across Europe this week, the white blanket has created some amazing scenes. Here are some of our favorite European landmarks covered in snow. MORE ON WEATHER.COM Weather 'Bucket List': Things to See Before You Die10 Shocking Snow Cities25 Dogs in Snow to Melt Your Heart ...

Take a high-speed camera into the Amazon rainforest, and you'll capture amazing things you can't see with the naked eye. That's exactly what the creators behind the "Smarter Every Day" YouTube channel discovered when they took a Phantom Miro camera into South America's massive jungle. One the moments that wowed the crew was captured in the video above, when they were able to film a butterfly leaping off a leaf at 2,000 frames per second. You can see more of...

An elephant attacks a camera trap installed by Aaranyak, a conservation group tracking tigers in India. (TCRI/Aaranyak ) Elephants really, really hate camera flashes. When conservation biologist Firoz Ahmed installs camera traps in Kaziranga National Park, in northeastern India's Assam state, he and his colleagues must return every day to check on the reinforced metal boxes. Often, the cameras have been torn down and trampled. Because the traps are installed in pairs to capture each side of a passing tiger,...