Hundreds of Flowering Species Bloomed Across Britain and Ireland Last Winter. That's Not a Good Thing

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Visiting Arizona’s Tribal Lands and Celebrating Native Heritage

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This Year, Arizona’s Wild Beauty Is Calling — Here Are Six Ways to Answer

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A Metal Detectorist Discovered the Earliest Known Coin Ever Produced in a Scottish Mint

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Many Americans Will Soon Have Access to At-Home Cervical Cancer Screening Tests at No Cost

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Forgotten for Decades in a Dusty Mall Basement, a Long-Lost Harry Bertoia Sculpture Is Back on Display

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Even Though They Don't Have Brains to Rest, Jellyfish and Sea Anemones Sleep Like Humans

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When This Restoration Expert Gets His Hands on a Relic, the Result Can Send You Back in Time

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Newly Digitized Records Reveal How Indigenous People Shared Their Knowledge of New Zealand's Plants With Captain Cook's Crew

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Whooping Cranes Came Back From the Brink of Extinction. Now, New Threats Are Converging on Their Texas Wintering Grounds

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Nepal’s Mountainside Teahouses Elevate the Experience for Trekkers Heading to the Top of the World

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Earthquakes Deep Below Antarctic Waters Seem to Have Surprising Effects on Life at the Surface

This Is the Only Museum Dedicated to Weather Artifacts in America. It May Shut Down Due to Funding Shortages

The British Museum Plans to Hire a Treasure Hunter. Duties Include Recovering Missing Artifacts Before They're Lost to History

When Male Deer Mark Trees, Those Spots May Glow Like Neon Lights at Dusk and Dawn, Though Humans Usually Can't See Them

This Early-Universe Cluster of Galaxies Is Way Hotter Than It Should Be

See the New Coins Celebrating the Legacies of Elizabeth II, Charles Darwin and the British Grand Prix

How a Sudden Winter Storm in 1617 Sparked the Deadliest Witchcraft Trials in Norwegian History

Meet the National Zoo’s Adorable 1-Month-Old Sloth Bear Cubs—the First Born There in More Than a Decade

U.S. Overhauls Immunization Schedule for Kids, Removing Recommendations for Vaccines Against the Flu, RSV and More

Claude Monet Painted This Palace Overlooking Venice's Grand Canal. Now, the Legendary Mansion Is Officially for Sale

By Collecting Whale Breath, Researchers Detected a Deadly Virus in the Arctic for the First Time

This Canadian Painter Found Her Muse in the Verdant Trees of British Columbia

A Skirmish Early in George Washington’s Military Career Helped Define Him. It Could Have Killed Him

Archaeologists Discover 'Sumptuous' Frescoes at Ancient Villa Preserved by Mount Vesuvius' Eruption

New Fossil Analysis Suggests This Seven-Million-Year-Old Primate Walked on Two Legs, Potentially Making It the Oldest Known Human Ancestor

U.S. Military Ends Practice of Shooting Live Animals to Train Medics to Treat Battlefield Wounds

A Rare, Parasitic 'Fairy Lantern' Plant Species Was Discovered in Malaysia. It Might Be Critically Endangered

Hundreds of Mysterious Victorian-Era Shoes Are Washing Up on a Beach in Wales. Nobody Knows Where They Came From

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A Stunning Sculpture of the Buddha Modeled After a Destroyed Sixth-Century Statue Is Coming to New York City's High Line

Can Venice's Iconic Crab Dish Survive Climate Change?

The Story of Carthage Isn’t Necessarily What the Romans Committed to History

Rockhopper Penguins' Athleticism Makes Them the Daredevils of the Animal World. Will a Warming Climate Slow Them Down?

The Year's First Bright Supermoon and the Colorful Quadrantid Meteor Shower Coincide This Weekend

Take Flight in the New Year With These 15 Photographs of Beautiful Kites

Elusive, Critically Endangered Bird—and One of the Closest Living Relatives of Dodos—Was Spotted for the First Time in Five Years

When the Bayeaux Tapestry Makes Its Historic Return to England, the British Government Will Insure It for More Than $1 Billion

Honey-Making Stingless Bees in the Peruvian Amazon Become the First Insects to Gain Legal Rights

Archaeologists Discover Mysterious 7,000-Year-Old Stone Wall Beneath the Waves Off the Coast of France

The Top Human Evolution Discoveries of 2025, From the Intriguing Neanderthal Diet to the Oldest Western European Face Fossil

Lewis Carroll's Personal Copy of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' Returns to its 'Spiritual Home' in Oxford

Happy Public Domain Day to All Who Celebrate! You Can Now Use Betty Boop, Nancy Drew and 'The Maltese Falcon' for Free

How Do These ADHD Medications Work in the Brain? The Mechanisms Are Different Than Once Thought, a Study Suggests

The Louvre Installs Metal Security Bars on Window Used During $102M Jewel Heist

'Excitement With a Little Dash of Fear': Polar Plunges Ring in the New Year With a Splash. But What Actually Happens to Your Body?

After Living Alongside Humans for Millennia, These Italian Brown Bears Have Evolved to Become Less Aggressive

Don’t Miss These Ten Celestial Events in 2026, From Aligned Planets to a Total Solar Eclipse

This Wild Cat Is Considered 'Possibly Extinct' in Thailand. Researchers Just Caught It on Camera for the First Time in About 30 Years

Eight Fascinating Scientific Discoveries From 2025 That Could Lead to New Inventions