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See How These Medieval Artists Explored the Many Meanings of Love and Desire in a New Exhibition at the Met Cloisters

Three Shipwrecks Discovered Off the Coast of Israel Shed New Light on the History of Iron Age Maritime Trade

Iceland Is No Longer Mosquito Free. Is Climate Change to Blame?

You Can Now Read Eight Previously Unseen Short Stories by Harper Lee, the Famed Author of 'To Kill a Mockingbird'

How Far Is Too Far for Ultra-Endurance Athletes? This Study of Metabolism Found Out

Audie Murphy Was an Idol of the Silver Screen. That Came After He Was the Most-Decorated American Hero of World War II

Readers Respond to the September/October 2025 Issue

It’s Almost Impossible for Tristan Gooley to Get Lost. That’s One Reason He Has Millions of Followers

Birds, Bats and Bugs: The Teeming World Above Our Heads

See This Year's Hilarious Finalists From the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards, From Gossiping Leopards to Breakdancing Foxes

These Parasitic Worms Use Static Electricity to Hitch a Ride on Flies

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's Rare Usonian Automatic Homes Achieves Landmark Status

See Renoir's Rare Drawings on Display in the First Exhibition of Its Kind Since 1921

The Delicate Works of Winslow Homer Are About to Get Their Rare Moment in the Limelight

Meet Henri Rousseau, the Untrained Artist Who Wouldn't Quit Painting—Despite the Ridicule He Received From Critics

At Nuremberg, World War II’s Battle Turned to the Courtroom, and an Eloquent Lawyer Helped Lead the Allies to Victory

Why Paris Designed Its Peculiarly Popular Grand Graveyards to Evoke a Celebration of Life Amid All the Death

Treasure Trove of Shipwrecks Along China's Coast Reveals How East Met West on the Maritime Silk Road

Miners Discovered a Mysterious Smoking Object in Western Australia. Experts Think It's Likely Unexpected Space Debris

Australian Rainforests Become the First to Emit More Carbon Than They Absorb

These 'Pirate Lizards' Thrive With Three Legs

David Hockney’s iPad Drawings of Winter's Transformation Into Spring Blow Past Estimates at Auction

This 16-Year-Old Invented an A.I. Tool to Help Cool Down the World's Hottest Cities

Archaeologists Discover 3,500-Year-Old Egyptian Military Fortress in the Sinai Desert

Discovery of First Fossil Hand Linked to P. Boisei Suggests the Bygone Human Relative Could Have Used Tools

The Amazon Has Been This Peruvian Artist’s Home, Inspiration and Palette. Now the World Is Her Gallery

After Motorcycle Daredevil Evel Knievel Failed to Clear 13 Buses on a Jump Attempt, There Was Only One Thing to Do: Try 14

Cold Weather and Apples Were Two Things the American Colonies Had. Industrious Scottish Immigrants Turned Them Into a Favorite Spirit

A Brief and Amazing History of the Pleiades, Stars That Captivated Ancient Civilizations and Inspired Poets

Electronic Eye Implant Restored Vision in Patients With Age-Related Macular Degeneration

'Feisty' Otters Are Once Again Hijacking Surfboards in Santa Cruz

Is This Mysterious Glow at the Center of the Milky Way Caused by Dark Matter?

Burglars Just Broke Into the Louvre and Stole Historic Crown Jewels in a Daring Daylight Heist

This Rare Fabergé Egg Might Set a World Record at Auction for the Third Time in Its History

You Can See the Parthenon Without Scaffolding for the First Time in Decades

Sea Otters May Be Small Marine Mammals, But Their Effect on an Ecosystem Can Be Huge

In Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein,' the Titular Scientist Laments His Nightmarish Creation. But the Real World Can't Get Enough of His Monster

Why Did the U.S. Post Office Start Airmail So Early? And More Questions From Our Readers

How the Hardy Boys Book Series Cracked the Case of Getting Kids Hooked on Reading

In January 1776, Virginia’s Port City of Norfolk Was Set Ablaze, Galvanizing the Revolution. But Who Really Lit the Match?

These Beautiful Microscope Photos Capture Tiny Pests, Spores, Sensory Neurons and Sunflower Hairs

After Decades of Decline, Some Good News Is Here for Green Sea Turtles

American Mountaineer Makes History by Skiing Down Mount Everest's Most Difficult Route

This Tiny Picasso Painting Went Missing While Traveling to an Exhibition in Spain

This Fisherman Was Digging for Worms in Sweden When He Stumbled Upon a Trove of Medieval Silver

Ireland Makes a Program Offering Basic Income for Artists Permanent

After the L.A. Fires, Locals Turn to Native Plants to Help Shield Homes From Flames and Clean Contaminated Soil

A Blood Test Can Now Predict a Mother's Risk of Postpartum Depression

Our Human Ancestors Were Exposed to Lead, and New Research Suggests It May Have Shaped Human Evolution

See 15 Remarkable Photographs of Camera-Ready Camels