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More Than 300 Hats Have Been Pulled From Yellowstone's Geothermal Features So Far This Year

See the Entire U.S. Constitution on Display for the Very First Time in History

Do We See the Same Colors as Others? Study Suggests Brains Respond to the Same Hues in Similar Ways

Severe Drought in Iraq Reveals Dozens of Ancient Tombs Created 2,300 Years Ago

Glacial Melting in Alaska Has Created a New Island

Paleontologists Directly Date Dinosaur Eggs for the First Time, Shedding Light on the Cretaceous World 85 Million Years Ago

A Deep Look Into the Wild and Not-So-Wild World of Bumblebees

Swarm of Invasive Spotted Lanternflies Shows Up on Weather Radar Around Washington, D.C., Meteorologists Say

The Louvre Stops Renting Out Nintendo 3DS Consoles, Which Helped Visitors Navigate the Massive Museum for 13 Years

Here’s How to See Saturn at Its Best and Brightest This Month

The World's Oldest Mummies Might Be These Smoke-Dried, 12,000-Year-Old Skeletons From Southeast Asia

Long-Lost Rubens Painting of Jesus Christ's Crucifixion Discovered in a Paris Mansion

Did an Enslaved Chocolatier Help Hercules Mulligan Foil a Plot to Assassinate George Washington?

This Rare, Endangered Orchid Only Exists in Two Locations. Can Dogs, Cows and Fungi Help It Thrive?

Archaeologists in Albania Unearth Tomb Belonging to an Upper-Class Roman Who Died 1,700 Years Ago

Fiji's Ants Are Struggling. Scientists Say They're Part of the Broader 'Insect Apocalypse'

David Bowie Spent His Final Months Writing a Musical Inspired by Satire and Crime in 18th-Century London

Asteroid-Deflecting Missions May Need to Hit Asteroids in the Perfect Spots to Prevent Future Collisions

Scientists Map the Ways Octopuses Use Their Complex Arms, Revealing Preferences for Certain Tasks

These Long-Lost 17th-Century Paintings Were Looted by the Nazis. They Just Surfaced at an Ohio Auction House

What Do Words Mean? A Zagreb-Born Artist Explores How Language Shapes Our Collective Unconscious

During the Great Depression, This Black Educator Looked to Conflicts Abroad for Lessons on Fighting Racism at Home

Metal Barrels Dumped Off the Coast of Los Angeles Are Encircled by Mysterious White Halos—and Scientists Think They Finally Know Why

Large Groups Came Together for Grand Feasts at the End of the Bronze Age in Britain

London’s National Gallery Will Officially Begin Collecting Artworks Created After 1900

The Best-Preserved Viking Ship in the World Just Survived Its Treacherous Final Journey

NASA Discovers 'Clearest Sign' Yet of Ancient Life on Mars in a Rock Studied by the Perseverance Rover

New Helmet-Shaped Device Could One Day Treat Conditions Such as Parkinson's Without Invasive Surgery, Scientists Suggest

See 15 Spectacular Photographs That Show Off Scenes From Spain

What Led Life to Flourish Roughly 520 Million Years Ago?

Can You Really ‘Rot’ Your Brain by Scrolling Too Much on Your Smartphone?

Scientists Want Your Help to Track the Spread of Invasive Joro Spiders at Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Astronomers Discover Unusual, Long-Lasting Gamma-Ray Explosion Outside Our Galaxy That Appeared Several Times Throughout a Day

The Vatican Puts Environmental Preaching Into Practice at New Ecological Center in Italy

See How Divers Clean This Statue of Jesus Christ Submerged Nearly 60 Feet Below the Surface of the Mediterranean

Was Venice's Iconic Winged Lion of St. Mark's Square Made in Ancient China?

The Reinvention of George Washington's Mother, From Paragon of Virtue to Greedy Shrew to Widow Striving for Independence

Rodents Conquered the World With the Help of Their Thumbnails, Study Suggests

The Skull of an Ancient Brown Bear Tells a Story of Brutality and Abuse at the Hands of Roman Entertainers

A New Vaccine Could Help Save Australia's Beloved Koalas From Chlamydia, and It Just Got Approved

A Blockbuster Trove of Dada and Surrealist Masterpieces Arrives at the Met

Divers Find a Well-Preserved Roman Helmet From the Naval Battle That Ended a Punic War

'Once in a Lifetime': Rare 'Virgin Birth' of Eight Iguana Babies Surprises Zookeepers in England

This Deep-Sea Fish Has Teeth on Its Forehead—and It Uses Them for Sex

A Rare Jane Austen Letter Is Heading to Auction

When the Cows Come Home in the Alps, the Swiss Eat Raclette

Curator Rediscovers Tenth-Century 'Portrait' of a Viking With an 'Unusual, Ornate Hairstyle'

Here’s How a Trip to the Nordics Can Inspire a More Meaningful Way to Travel

Biologists Discover Surprisingly Cute Deep-Sea Fish Species Off the Coast of California

Seaweed Piles Are Slowing Down Sea Turtle Hatchlings as They Make the Dangerous Trek to the Ocean