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These Bats Glow Green Under UV Light, Joining a Growing List of Photoluminescent Mammals

Why Hundreds of Taylor Swift Fans Are Flocking to See This 100-Year-Old Painting at a Museum in Germany

This Designer Created Iconic Costumes for 'Bride of Frankenstein' and Other Classic Monster Movies. Her Mysterious Life Ended Tragically

'Ghost Gear,' or Abandoned Fishing Equipment, Is Haunting the Oceans. Here's How Conservationists Are Fighting Back

Rare, Out-of-Place Cuckoo Sends Birders Flocking to Long Island in Hopes of a Once-in-a-Lifetime Sighting

Bowhead Whales Live Long Lives. Do They Hold the Key to Human Longevity?

A Single Gene Could Have Contributed to Neanderthals' Extinction, Study Suggests

Scientists Finally Know What This 'Mummified' Dinosaur Looked Like

These 15 Snapshots Capture the Inspirational Aura of the Lovely Lady Liberty

An Alabama HBCU Is Selling Historic Murals in First-of-its-Kind Partnership

How This Italian Town Came to Be Known as the 'City of Witches'

This Inca Building—the Only Surviving Structure of Its Kind—Might Have Been Designed to Amplify Sound and Music

Women Need About Half as Much Exercise as Men for the Same Heart Benefits, Study Suggests

A New Conference Presented Scientific Papers Written and Reviewed by A.I. as an Experiment. Here's What Happened

In 1907, This Daring Performer Walked on Water From Cincinnati to New Orleans, Covering Nearly 1,600 Miles in 40 Days

Three Decades After Theodor Geisel's Death, a New Dr. Seuss Book Is Coming in 2026

Scientists Discover 'Frosty' Polar Rhino That Roamed the Canadian Arctic 23 Million Years Ago

The Mystery Waterloo Soldier Depicted in a Painting at London’s National Army Museum Has Been Identified

Pig Kidney Transplant Removed From Patient After a Record-Breaking 271 Days

One of the Strongest Hurricanes on Record Pummeled Jamaica and Continues to Wreak Havoc in the Caribbean

These Animals Eat Poisons and Don't Die. Some Even Become Toxic in Turn

This Forgery Ring Tried to Sell a Fake Rembrandt for $150 Million. The Real Painting Is Hanging in an Amsterdam Museum

Archaeologists Decipher Crumbling Hieroglyphs to Reveal the Name of a Forgotten Maya Queen Who Ruled 1,400 Years Ago

For Two Days Each Year, These Drab Brown Toads Turn a Dazzling Neon Yellow—and Scientists Finally Know Why

See How Manet and Morisot's Creative Friendship Influenced Their Artistic Styles

Earth Is Getting Dimmer—and the Northern Hemisphere Is Losing Brightness Faster Than Scientists Expected

These Creepy Dolls Are on the Loose, Haunting the Halls of a Minnesota Museum This Halloween

How Far American Women Astronauts Have Soared Since Sally Ride Took Her Historic Spaceflight

Magic Mushrooms Evolved Psilocybin Not Once, but Twice

The World's Largest Christian Orthodox Church Is Now Open in Romania

The Giant Pumpkin World Record Just Crept Closer to 3,000 Pounds. Here's How Science, Sweat and 'Soul Crush' Keep Growers Reaching for the Heaviest Fruit Possible

Cold, Hungry and Thirsty, Napoleon's Troops Also Suffered From Several Diseases as They Retreated From Russia

You Can Now Take a Stroll Down Jean-Michel Basquiat Way in New York City

Did Easter Island's Mysterious Moai Statues Waddle to Their Final Locations? Here's What That May Have Looked Like

Car Backs Up Into Home Where Shakespeare's Daughter Lived, Causing Serious Damage

The Dinosaurs of North America Were Thriving Up Until an Asteroid Wiped Them Off the Face of the Earth, Scientists Argue

This Disturbing 16th-Century Painting of Hell Linked Satan and His Demons With the New World Beyond Europe

Take a Virtual Tour of This Lavish Dollhouse, the Centerpiece of a New Exhibition on Everyday Life in the 17th Century

Slow-Motion Videos Reveal What Really Happens When Snakes Bite

Breastfeeding Has Long Been Linked to Reducing Cancer Risk. Scientists May Have Just Discovered Why

Seven Skeletons Found in a Croatian Well Were Likely Ancient Roman Soldiers Who Died During a Troubled Time for the Empire

A Family Found These Rare Tudor Coins Buried in Their Backyard. Now, the Trove Is Heading to the Auction Block

Horseshoe Crab Blood Has Long Helped Us Make Safe Medicines. Now, Alternatives That Spare the Ancient Creatures Might Be Breaking Through

Zoom in to the Beauty and Zest of New Zealand With These 15 Stunning Photographs

Trailblazing Dancer Misty Copeland Performs One Last Time Before Retiring From the American Ballet Theater

A Giant Kangaroo Bone Is Challenging the Idea That Humans Wiped Out Australia's Megafauna

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'