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Northern Elephant Seals Test Positive for Deadly, Highly Infectious H5N1 Bird Flu for the First Time

Astronomers Spotted a Galaxy That's Made Up Almost Entirely of Dark Matter

A Smashing New Proposal About Saturn's History Might Explain Its Iconic Rings and Some of Its Odd Moons

The Layered History of Koshary, Egypt's Most Beloved Street Food

A Woman Found a Folder in a Drawer. When She Opened It, She Discovered 35 Forgotten Rembrandt Etchings

Seventy-Two Captive Tigers in Thailand Die From Dangerous Infections, Sparking Concerns Over Animal Welfare

How to Fit 250 Years of American History and Culture Into One Map

Meet the ‘Bop Artist’ Who Was Inspired by Dreams and Hosted Some Surreal Salons in Her Chicago Brownstone

A Couple Walking Their Dogs Noticed 2,000-Year-Old Footprints on the Beach. They Were Visible for Just Days Before Waves Erased Them Forever

Humans May Have Used These Mysterious Symbols to Encode Information Tens of Thousands of Years Before the First Writing Systems

The Little-Known Story of the Enslaved Africans Who Found Freedom in the European Fight Over North America

This Nearly 50-Foot-Long Sock Monkey Sculpture Is the Largest on Earth, Guinness World Records Confirms

How Do Horses Whinny? Scientists Say They've Figured Out How the Majestic Animals Make This Distinctive Sound

This Famous 17th-Century Elephant Sculpture in Rome Keeps Losing the Tip of Its Tusk

After the 'King of the Underground Railroad' Escaped From Slavery, He Led 1,500 Others to Freedom

See How Ovid's 'Metamorphoses' Inspired Centuries of Artists—From Caravaggio to René Magritte

A Mass Grave Uncovered in Serbia Hints at a Violent Iron Age Massacre That Targeted Women and Children

These Extraordinary Photographs of Golden Age Hollywood Stars, From Greta Garbo to Clark Gable, Are Worth a Second Look

Listen to What Archivists Believe to Be Oldest-Known Whale Recording

Rare and Original Watercolor Illustrations of Rudyard Kipling’s ‘The Jungle Book’ Go Up for Auction

Lifelong Learning Might Lower Your Risk of Developing Alzheimer's Disease, a New Study Suggests

Why Did a Man Build This Secret Passageway Below a Dresser Drawer Nearly 200 Years Ago? Historians Think It Was Part of the Underground Railroad

Can Apes Play Pretend? What Scientists Learned From Having Imaginary 'Tea Parties' With Kanzi the Bonobo

Construction Workers Digging in Northern England Stumble Upon a 2,200-Pound Cannon That May Be More Than 300 Years Old

Giant Tortoises Vanished From the Galápagos' Floreana Island More Than 150 Years Ago. Now, Conservationists Have Brought Them Back

The Oldest State Park in America Is About to Expand

See the First Known Footage of an Elusive Southern Sleeper Shark Swimming in Antarctica's Near-Freezing Waters

The Nazis Stole This Rare Jewish Prayer Book Decorated With Dragons, Unicorns and Intricate Floral Patterns. It Just Sold for $6.4 Million at Auction

This Austrian Diplomat Resigned When the Nazis Annexed His Country. To Make Ends Meet, His Wife Turned to Dressmaking—and Captivated the American Public

NASA Report Reveals the Failures That Left Two Astronauts 'Stranded' on the International Space Station

Investigators Unravel $12 Million Ticket-Fraud Scheme at the Louvre

Scientists Still Have So Much to Learn About Archaeopteryx, the Dinosaur That May Have Flown Like a Bird

This Massive, Meat-Eating Dinosaur Was a 'Hell Heron' That Waded Into Shallow Waters to Nab Slippery Fish

Vincent van Gogh Adored the Color Yellow. A New Exhibition in Amsterdam Wants You to Fall In Love With the Hue, Too

These 12 Popular Dog Breeds Are at Risk of Breathing Problems Related to Their Short Snouts, a New Study Suggests

Watch Never-Before-Seen Footage of David Bowie Performing 'Heroes' at This New Immersive Exhibition

Researchers Retrieve the Deepest-Ever Rock Core From Beneath Antarctica's Ice. It Holds Clues About the Earth's Past—and Future

Readers Respond to the January/February 2026 Issue

Get a Taste of Coastal Europe Through These Seven Spirits

Organized Labor Took a Huge Step Forward When GM Workers Sat Down in Unison in 1937

Experience the Grandeur of the Italian Alps With These 15 Majestic Photographs

Eating Challenges Are All the Rage. But When Was the Last Time You Saw Someone Eat a Mutton Shoulder Bone?

When Did Cooks Start Using Spices? And More Questions From Our Readers

You Can Buy One of History's Rarest Baseball Cards—if You Have Several Million Dollars to Spare

Watch the First-Ever Video Uploaded to YouTube, a Grainy 19-Second Clip Called 'Me at the Zoo'

Ireland Launches Its Permanent ‘Income for the Arts’ Scheme, Becoming the First Government Committed to Paying Artists

This Giant Carnivore Ran on Hooves. Scientists Are Investigating Its Massive Skull and Crushing Teeth to Decipher the Beast's True Nature

Is Autism Really a Male-Dominated Condition? A New Study Suggests Women Have It Just as Often, but Are Diagnosed Later in Life

How Do Researchers Identify Individual Bears in the Wild? They Could Soon Do It Through A.I. Facial Recognition Technology

Intermittent Fasting Might Not Live Up to the Hype When It Comes to Weight Loss, New Research Suggests