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Rare Mountain Lion Standoff in San Francisco Ends Peacefully After a 30-Hour Search

A Stunning Escape From Slavery Told on Tattered Pages

Cannibalism Among Snakes Is Far More Widespread Than Previously Thought

How Do Menopause and a Treatment to Manage Its Symptoms Affect the Brain and Mental Health?

You Can Buy This 438-Year-Old Mill in Wales That Inspired a Stunning J.M.W. Turner Painting

The Mystery of the Missing Robert Burns Painting Has Finally Been Solved—After 200 Years of Searches and Seances

See the Most Detailed Map of Dark Matter Ever Made, Bringing Astronomers a Step Closer to Unraveling Its Mysterious Nature

Archaeologists Say This 9,500-Year-Old Burial Is the Oldest Known Evidence of Intentional Cremation Discovered in Africa

Mummified Cheetahs Discovered in Caves Could Help Saudi Arabia Bring the Wild Cat Back to Its Historical Range

These Hungry Starfish Are Spiraling Out of Control in Australia. Now Scientists Say They Have a New Plan to Fight Back

This Magnificent Mural by Leonardo da Vinci Will Go on Display for a Brief Window During the Winter Olympics in Milan

Archaeologists Unearthed a 430,000-Year-Old Stick. After Careful Analysis, They Say It Could Be the Oldest Wooden Tool Ever Discovered

Three Billion Years Ago, Mars May Have Been Half Covered by a Sea the Size of the Arctic Ocean

Researchers Discover a New Phase of Ice by Squeezing Water Between Diamonds

Anthropologists Recover DNA of Syphilis-Causing Bacterium Relative From 5,500-Year-Old Human Remains, the Earliest Ever Found

The American Southwest's Iconic Joshua Trees Are Blooming Early—and Scientists Want Your Help to Figure Out Why

What Happened to This 1,000-Pound Butter Sculpture After the Crowds Melted Away?

Archaeologists Discovered the 'Holy Grail' of Shipwrecks a Decade Ago. Now, They're Finally Beginning to Unravel the Secrets of the 'San José'

See How Alex Honnold Climbed a Dizzying 1,667-Foot-Tall Skyscraper Without Ropes

This Hammer Created From an Elephant Bone 480,000 Years Ago May Be the Oldest Known Tool of Its Kind Ever Found in Europe

Sonic Booms and Earthquake Sensors Can Help Researchers Track Space Junk as It Plummets to Earth

Tyrannosaurus Rex Was Probably a Late Bloomer—and May Have Taken Around 40 Years to Grow Up

Giant Kangaroos That Lived During the Ice Age May Have Hopped—Despite Weighing Up to 550 Pounds

Why Do These Tudor-Era Portraits of Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth I Look So Strikingly Similar?

A Little Boy’s Library Book Was Due in 1989. Thirty-Six Years Later, He Realized His Parents Had Never Returned It

The British Crown Enslaved Thousands at the Height of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. New Research Reveals Their Stories

Strange, Shovel-Tusked Elephants Puzzled Paleontologists, Until Experts Took a Closer Look at Their Teeth

Frida Kahlo's Image Is on Paintings, Posters, Socks and Sanitary Pads. How Did Fridamania Come to Dominate Popular Culture?

Positive Thinking Might Boost Your Immune System's Responses to Vaccines, New Research Suggests

See the Stunning Artworks by the Winners and Featured Artists of This Boundary-Pushing National Portrait Competition

A Smaller Version of the Las Vegas Sphere May Be Coming to the Washington, D.C. Area

The Penguins That Thrive—and the Ones Left Behind—as Antarctica Warms

How Historically Black Schools Create and Preserve Their Own History Through Amazing Artifacts, From Paintings to Marching Band Hats

This Mysterious 407-Million-Year-Old Fossil May Represent a Previously Unknown Branch of Life

Can You See the Faded Outline of a Hand? Archaeologists Say This 67,800-Year-Old Stencil May Be the World's Oldest Known Rock Art

Get an Eyeful of These 15 Photos of Incredibly Cool Icicles

United Nations Declares That the World Has Entered an Era of 'Global Water Bankruptcy'

Rare Twin Mountain Gorillas Born in the Congo, Giving Hope to Those Working to Conserve the Endangered Animals

See How These Wristwatches Reimagine Famous Masterpieces by Claude Monet, Jackson Pollock, Edgar Degas and Paul Klee

‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ Showcases the Minimalist Ingenuity of Shaker Furniture

Archaeologists Say They've Finally Found a Long-Lost Basilica That Matches the Description the Architect Wrote 2,000 Years Ago

This Detachable Robotic Hand Can Scurry Around and Grasp Objects Just Like Thing From the Addams Family

Why Gen Z Is Trading Night Clubs for Japanese-Style Listening Bars

These High-Status Individuals Were Given a 'Princely' Burial Alongside a Fully Harnessed Horse in an Early Medieval Cemetery

Humpback Whales Are Probably Learning How to Catch Prey With Bubble Nets by Watching One Another

Meet 13 People Who Survived on Deserted Islands, From a Real-Life Robinson Crusoe to a Noblewoman Marooned With Her Lover

A Stunning Stretch of California's Rugged Coastline Is Now Open to the Public for the First Time in a Century

Astronomers Discover a Mysterious Bar-Shaped Cloud of Iron Within the Iconic Ring Nebula

These Are the Top Ten Most Anticipated Museums Opening Around the World in 2026

Archaeologists Say They've Detected the Largest Stand-Alone Ancient Roman Villa Ever Unearthed in Wales