In addition to warming temperatures, new research finds contaminants might contribute to the endangered reptiles' skewed sex ratios | Continue reading
Titled "Weird Medieval Guys," a new book examines illustrations of armless frogs, human-sized snails and more | Continue reading
The soldiers have been given honorable discharges, and their families may now be eligible for benefits | Continue reading
Scientists have discovered a pathway between the heart and brain in mice that appears to be involved during loss of consciousness | Continue reading
The four-night sailing is organized by Swifties, though the singer-songwriter herself won't be on board | Continue reading
Croatia's capital city is a living canvas and a tribute to one of the most profound sculptors of the 20th century | Continue reading
An exhibition at LACMA examines the legacy of Dutch colonization through a fictive 17th-century collector's room of wonders | Continue reading
The sample of the space rock Bennu that OSIRIS-REx collected could unlock an ancient existential mystery | Continue reading
In a lab on Earth, the machine created a catalyst from Martian materials that can extract oxygen from water, for astronauts to breathe or use as fuel | Continue reading
A new device translates museum-goers' brainwaves into a simplified real-time visualization | Continue reading
The comedian launched an “alarmingly aggressive” global effort on behalf of the pūteketeke to shore up its victory in the annual popularity competition | Continue reading
The celestial spectacle has been ongoing since the beginning of the month, but it will peak Friday night into early Saturday morning | Continue reading
A water-stained first-class dinner menu dated April 11, 1912 just sold for more than $100,000 | Continue reading
In that age, the continent was attached to Antarctica, but migrating animals still traveled to the polar region for sustenance | Continue reading
The stunt was planned to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Bard's First Folio | Continue reading
The last season of "The Crown" will examine the aftermath of the beloved royal's death in a car accident in 1997 | Continue reading
The country's Reykjanes Peninsula has been experiencing swarms of seismic activity for weeks, as magma accumulates beneath the surface | Continue reading
The bag slipped away while Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara were performing routine maintenance on the International Space Station | Continue reading
The 1932 painting of the artist's mistress, Marie-Thérèse Walter, fetched $139 at auction | Continue reading
Slow-motion video revealed the birds take two different approaches: flying sideways or pinning their wings back and darting like a bullet | Continue reading
The new exhibition “On the Reverse” encourages visitors to think of paintings as three-dimensional objects by showing their back sides | Continue reading
Newly declassified documents from the Pacific theater have been digitized and could improve climate models | Continue reading
This year, the National Portrait Gallery's annual showcase of new acquisitions spotlights female subjects and female artists | Continue reading
Although serpents were a symbol of protection for the Egyptians, the discovery suggests some were wary of getting venomous bites after death | Continue reading
One of the rare 24-cent misprints sold at auction this week for a record-breaking $2 million | Continue reading
One of the rare 24-cent misprints sold at auction this week for a record-breaking $2 million | Continue reading
Originally built as barriers between fields and farms, the region’s abandoned farmstead walls have since become the binding threads of its cultural fabric | Continue reading
An expedition team in Indonesia spotted the elusive, egg-laying mammal, which is named after David Attenborough and had not been documented since 1961 | Continue reading
Bidding starts at $2.5 million, but the auction house expects the 1914 collectible to sell for much more—and possibly break memorabilia records | Continue reading
Researchers are just now uncovering what may have killed 35 of the animals three years ago | Continue reading
The athel tamarisk's hydration trick could improve on human techniques to harvest water in dry environments, researchers say | Continue reading
Nurseries built from bundles of tree branches may help conserve the freshwater fish in the age of climate change | Continue reading
From Earth’s perspective, we’ll be looking at the gas giant’s rings edge-on, making them nearly impossible to see | Continue reading
Cut down by a chainsaw, the beloved tree fell atop the 1,900-year-old Roman wall in September | Continue reading
New research suggests that a natural rock formation served as the famous sculpture's foundation | Continue reading
The patient, who suffered a severe electrical accident in 2021, currently has no vision in the transplanted eye, but doctors say he's recovering well | Continue reading
The thick haze lowers visibility to less than ten feet and forms when smoke from smoldering leaves, brush or trees mixes with moisture in cool air | Continue reading
Once thought to be a painting, the image of the "stick man" was hiding in a Victorian photo album in England | Continue reading
World governments are planning to produce 110 percent more coal, oil and gas in 2030 than is allowed under the Paris Agreement, U.N. says | Continue reading
In French Polynesia, the art of rahui puts everyone in charge of protecting the sea | Continue reading
Contrary to popular belief, early medieval doctors relied on rational deduction to understand and treat disease | Continue reading
The Afrofuturist production examines the civil rights leader's legacy and lasting influence | Continue reading
Dating to just 470 million years after the Big Bang, the ancient cosmic structure could help researchers understand how the first black holes formed | Continue reading
Titled "America," the infamous 18-karat loo was created by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan | Continue reading
Hunting later at night may force the big cats to surrender their prey to larger carnivores, such as lions and leopards | Continue reading
Communities nationwide honor our retired service members every November | Continue reading
The upcoming miniseries follows the 100th Bombardment Group, an Air Force unit nicknamed the "Bloody Hundredth" | Continue reading
Written during the Seven Years' War, the letters offer rare insights into the lives of everyday people during wartime | Continue reading