These Koalas Bounced Back From the Brink of Local Extinction Extremely Fast. Surprisingly, So Did Their Genetic Resilience

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This Rare Silver Medal From the First Modern Olympic Games in 1896 Just Sold at Auction

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These Intricately Decorated Ostrich Eggshells Suggest Our Ancestors May Have Understood Basic Geometry 60,000 Years Ago

Scientists Thought These Marsupials Went Extinct 6,000 Years Ago. They Just Found the Animals Alive

Tudor Courtiers Exchanged Portrait Miniatures as Love Tokens. Centuries Later, New Research Is Unlocking the Secrets of These Intimate Artworks

The Iconic House From 'The Brady Bunch' Is Now an Official Historic Landmark in Los Angeles

You Can Buy Salvador Dalí's Largest Painting, a 100-Foot-Long Artwork Made for a Ballet in 1939

Asteroid 2024 YR4 Won't Slam Into the Moon, According to NASA

The Ten Best Books to Complement Your Viewing of This Year’s Oscar-Nominated Movies

Some People Keep Razor-Sharp Minds Into Their 80s and Beyond. A New Study Reveals Their Secrets

The Sweat of Tourists Has Covered Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Fresco in a White Film. Now, the 'Last Judgment' Is Getting a Much-Needed Cleaning

Take a Look at Uranus' Weird, Lopsided Upper Atmosphere Bespeckled with Auroras

Chimps Seem to Love Crystals. Their Attraction Might Help Explain Humans' Obsession With the Shimmering Stones

The Final Season of 'Outlander' Is Here. See the Most Iconic Kilts, Gowns and Other Costumes From the Time Travel Drama

Thirty-Four Years Ago, a British Museum Staffer Stole 350 Prints in Broad Daylight. A New Book Chronicles the Thefts and Their Fallout

Most Insect Species Call the Tropics Home. But Climate Change Is Pushing Many of the Critters There to Their Heat Limits

Anime, Manga and Traditional Japanese Art Come Together at an Upcoming Auction—From Hokusai's 'The Great Wave' to Miyazaki's 'My Neighbor Totoro'

Why Has Punch, an Adorable Baby Monkey, Struggled to Fit in With His Troop? Scientists Explain the Lives of Japanese Macaques

Could Life on Earth Have Descended From Microbes That Traveled From Mars Long Ago?

Mosquitoes Have Been Biting Humans for More Than One Million Years

See the New U.S. Postage Stamp Honoring the Bison, America's National Mammal

After Pearl Harbor, Americans Living in Japan Endured Imprisonment, Torture and a Lengthy Battle to Return Home

These Clownfish Lose Their Baby Stripes in Response to Peer Pressure, New Research Suggests

You've Seen Jackson Pollock's Dizzying Drip Paintings. But His Wife, Lee Krasner, Was Also a Major Player in the Abstract Expressionist Movement

They Joked About Discovering a Forgotten Masterpiece. Now, Experts Say They're the Unwitting Owners of an Original Rembrandt

Rooted in the American West: Food, History and Culture

See 15 Wild and Wondrous Photographs of Yellowstone National Park

Why Do Basketball Players' Shoes Squeak on the Court? Here's the Physics Behind the Iconic, High-Pitched Sounds

These California Condors Might Be Tending to the Species' First Egg in the State's Northern Region in More Than a Century

In the World's Best Place to See Wild Jaguars, Residents Are Using the Big Cat's Appeal to Reach Conservation Goals

Panamanian Golden Frogs Disappeared From the Wild Due to a Deadly Fungus. Now, Scientists Are Returning Them to Nature

Here's How Animators Make Stop-Motion Masterpieces Like 'Wallace & Gromit' Come Alive

The Historic Comic Books That Introduced Superman and Captain America Just Entered the Smithsonian in a Landmark Acquisition

Are 1 in 200 Men Alive Today Really Related to Genghis Khan? Probably Not, According to New Research

We've Been Manipulating Images Since the Invention of Photography—Long Before Photoshop or Artificial Intelligence

Like an 'Eight-Ton Chicken,' Tyrannosaurus Rex May Have Run on Its Tiptoes to Catch Speedy Prey

Emperor Penguins' Annual Molt Might Put Them in Peril. The Sea Ice They Rely on During This Vulnerable Period Is Disappearing

In 'Bride of Frankenstein,' the Monster's Wife Never Speaks. Now, Maggie Gyllenhaal's 'The Bride!' Gives the Iconic Character a Voice

As ADHD Coaching Gains Popularity, Researchers Stress the Importance of Careful Vetting

Why NASA's Artemis 3 Mission Isn't Sending Astronauts to the Moon Anymore

Museum Devoted to the Romantic Movement Reopens in Paris After Extensive Renovations

Shipwreck Timbers Appeared on a Beach After a Storm. They Had Been Buried Beneath the Sand Since the 17th Century

Georges Seurat Is Most Famous for His Pointillist Painting of a Paris Park. But More Than Half of His Canvases Were Stunning Seascapes

These Majestic Goats Have Been Traipsing Around Ireland for at Least 3,000 Years, Research Suggests

Neanderthal Men May Have Often Hooked Up With Human Women Thousands of Years Ago

Treetops Emit Ultraviolet Sparkles During Thunderstorms. Researchers Just Filmed It in Nature for the First Time

This Ancient Roman Game Board Was a Mystery. Researchers Used A.I. to Figure Out How to Play

The Berlin Cathedral Is Reopening Its Massive Crypt—Home to the Bones of One of Europe’s Most Powerful Dynasties

A Scholar Recognized the Inscriptions in the Margins of This Manuscript. The Scribbles Turned Out to Be Galileo's Handwritten Notes