With rose-shaped corals as far as the eye can see, it is one of the largest healthy reefs on record | Continue reading
Very high resolution satellites give scientists a new way to find out when and where a large-bodied whale, such as a humpback or a sperm, is stranded | Continue reading
Archaeologists are restoring the two huge stone statues found half-submerged in water at the burial site of Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III | Continue reading
After a chaotic orbit of 7 years, the Falcon 9 booster is predicted to crash into the lunar surface this March | Continue reading
The 95-million-year-old crab had crystal clear eyesight and oar-like legs that helped it snatch up prey | Continue reading
Billie Farrell is the new captain of the U.S.S. "Constitution," a 1797 frigate that now serves as a floating museum | Continue reading
The genetic factor that plays a large role in determining canine body size was around thousands of years prior to domestication | Continue reading
Historic artifacts meet 21st-century technology in a blockbuster touring exhibition centered on the 19th-Dynasty pharaoh | Continue reading
The museum, set to open in the spring, will reside in King's Cross, a London neighborhood with a rich queer history | Continue reading
Some bug populations were reduced up to 70 percent in areas exposed to diesel exhaust and ozone contamination | Continue reading
Only three monkeys escaped during the accident, all of which were successfully recaptured | Continue reading
State government officials took emergency actions this month to eradicate the non-native species | Continue reading
Former employees of Armadillo World Headquarters suggested the sign was taken right before the Austin venue closed in 1980. Sotheby's countered the claims | Continue reading
Scheduled to open this year are new institutions dedicated to African American history, electronic music and Nordic art | Continue reading
On January 28, 1922, the Knickerbocker Theatre's snow-covered roof collapsed, killing 98 people and injuring another 133 | Continue reading
The country declared a 90-day environmental emergency after 264,000 gallons of crude oil contaminated a biodiverse swath of its coastal ecosystems | Continue reading
The country's president says it’s time to quash the ongoing 50-year blaze at the 230-foot-wide Darvaza gas crater | Continue reading
The recent blast was the equivalent of 4 to 18 megatons of TNT, according to scientists | Continue reading
Located in Fife, Scotland, the 16th-century Earlshall Castle boasts a rich history—and its very own ghost story | Continue reading
The coordinated effort was “playful” but challenged the government’s inconsistent Covid-19 lockdown measures | Continue reading
Mineralized feces chock-full of parasitic eggs indicates that it wasn’t the lower classes alone that suffered from certain infectious diseases | Continue reading
Zara Rutherford flew 28,000 nautical miles of five continents to become the youngest woman to finish a solo global flight | Continue reading
By the end of the century, only Sapporo, Japan, will be eligible to host the winter games if global warming continues at its present pace | Continue reading
For many types of vegetation, the only way to migrate to a more favorable range is through the guts of mammals and birds | Continue reading
An 'oral plug' of muscle and fat could help keep water out of the whales' lungs | Continue reading
Users are sharing their game grids, which show how they played without spoiling the answer for others | Continue reading
Eight gold and silver tubes might be the oldest known drinking straws, according to a new study from the Russian Academy of Sciences | Continue reading
Starting next week, adults can pick up three free masks each at pharmacies, community centers and vaccination sites | Continue reading
The gem known as the 'Enigma' is expected to fetch around $7 million at auction, though experts are skeptical of its cosmic origin | Continue reading
Researchers on Earth, partnering with those on the International Space Station, are taking a novel approach to understanding the ways humans live in space | Continue reading
Despite fierce obstacles in her path, the Black female aviator became a hero that would pave the way for generations to come | Continue reading
Scientists are working to understand the matriarchs, who can survive decades while investing huge amounts of energy into reproduction | Continue reading
Unable to bear the shame of being captured as a prisoner of war, Shoichi Yokoi hid in the jungles of Guam until January 1972 | Continue reading
Though there is no evidence of domestic animals passing the disease to humans, officials say they are acting out of caution | Continue reading
City employees will spend an hour every night shining green lasers and playing corvid distress calls to humanely harass the birds into leaving | Continue reading
NASA scientists compared the data to chemical signatures of biological processes on Earth and found some similarities to billion-year-old microbes | Continue reading
Makers of the free encyclopedia spar over the categorization for non-fungible tokens, the relatively new phenomenon sweeping the digital art world | Continue reading
The blast, which sent tsunami waves across the Pacific, left thousands of Tongans without access to water and power | Continue reading
A six-year investigation posits that Arnold van den Bergh disclosed the diarist's hiding place to protect his family from deportation | Continue reading
Researchers discover a Roman road, coins, jewelry and evidence of makeup at a dig site near a railway project | Continue reading
Stargazers in North America can look forward to meteor showers, lunar eclipses and a stunning multi-planet lineup this year | Continue reading
Why kids across the western United States came to find the unlikely combination in their school lunches | Continue reading
Testing shows that a 46 million-year-old fossilized mosquito, found by amateur fossil hunters in Montana, contains the blood of an unknown ancient creature | Continue reading
The Southern Poverty Law Center’s $50,000 grants will support civil rights museums, a monument to victims of an industrial disaster and other organizations | Continue reading
Researchers created a 3-D model of Earth's galactic neighborhood | Continue reading
In a new study, insects carrying the disease were more likely to survive cold or fluctuating temperatures than their uninfected peers | Continue reading
Regularly check for stretched-out straps, staining, and soiling, which can compromise a masks’ ability to filter viruses like Covid-19 | Continue reading
Here’s how to find one of the new U.S. quarters—the first to feature a Black woman | Continue reading