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Another 8-Year-Old Boy Ascends El Capitan, Following in His Brother's Footsteps

Researchers Found Hundreds of Mysterious Dimples on the Seafloor Near Antarctica. Now They Know What Creature Made Them

The ‘Edmund Fitzgerald’ Sank Half a Century Ago. We’re Still Fascinated

The Real Story Behind Netflix's 'Death by Lightning' and the Shocking Assassination of President James A. Garfield

Astronomers Detect the Brightest and Most Distant Black Hole Flare Ever Seen

A Short Walk in the Park Might Slow Cognitive Decline in People at Risk of Developing Alzheimer’s

800-Year-Old Tower Partially Collapses Near Rome’s Colosseum, Killing a Worker Trapped Inside

Researchers Create a New Antivenom That Can Combat Bites From 17 Snake Species, Trials in Mice Suggest

Archaeologists Unearth More Than 100 Projectiles From an Iconic Battlefield in Scotland

The Real Story of Christy Martin, the Trailblazing Boxer Who 'Created a Sport That Did Not Exist'

A Man Brought His Father’s ‘Piece of the Parthenon’ to Greek Officials. They Said It Was From an Even Older Temple in the Acropolis of Athens

Fishing Line and Hooks Were Tangled in This Albatross’s Stomach. After Surgery, the Bird Is Once Again Flying Free

Orcas in Mexico Have Learned to Attack Young Great White Sharks—by Flipping Them Upside Down and Eating Their Livers

Still Unfinished After 143 Years, Barcelona's Dazzling Sagrada Familia Is Now the Tallest Church in the World

Remarkable New Research on Ochre 'Crayons' Colors in Scientists' Understanding of How Neanderthals Made Art

The Skyline of Paris Is Filled With Zinc Rooftops. But Can They Survive Climate Change?

How El Jefe, the Lone Arizona Jaguar Who Captivated a Nation in 2016, Became a 'Rock Star'

November's Full Beaver Supermoon Peaks on Wednesday—and It Will Be the Year's Biggest

This Fully Functioning Toilet Made From Solid Gold Could Sell for More Than $10 Million at Auction

This Tiny Tyrannosaur Could Settle a Huge Scientific Debate

You Can Listen to Kandinsky's Vibrant Paintings at This New Exhibition in Paris

Computers Are Getting Much Better at Image Recognition

Researchers Discover 'Death Ball' Sponge and Dozens of Other Bizarre Deep-Sea Creatures in the Southern Ocean

Thieves Steal More Than 1,000 Artifacts From a California Museum's Storage Facility

Rats Are Snatching Bats Out of the Air and Eating Them—and Researchers Got It on Video

A Storm Battered Western Alaska, Scattering Thousands of Indigenous Artifacts Across the Sand

These Mysterious 'Decorations' in Spiderwebs Might Help Spiders Better Locate Their Prey

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