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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