A new study finds about 75 percent of industrial fishing is not publicly tracked, and clandestine ships may enter marine protected areas | Continue reading
For millions of enslaved people, bondage stole more than freedom—it severed a link to the past. Now their descendants are recovering their heritage | Continue reading
A sumptuous new show in Los Angeles aims to leave museumgoers hungry for more | Continue reading
For decades, visitors to the Smithsonian could behold the immense size of the sea mammal with their own eyes | Continue reading
Your feedback on robot artists, marsupial frogs and abolitionist icons | Continue reading
The pagan temple sheds new light on the empire's gradual embrace of Christianity | Continue reading
Eight-month-old Gaia is part of a breeding program for her vulnerable species, which is considered the "world's deadliest cat" | Continue reading
Launched early Monday, the Peregrine spacecraft started losing propellant almost immediately, and the mission, which is carrying NASA scientific instruments, has been derailed | Continue reading
An exhibition of Curt Bloch's little-known wartime publications is going on display in Berlin | Continue reading
Ibogaine, derived from a central African shrub, has been used in rituals for two millennia. But in a small study, it appeared to reduce symptoms of PTSD among veterans | Continue reading
The already-dilapidated S.S. Point Reyes suffered more damage during the recent storms that pummeled the coast | Continue reading
New generations of Black Americans are taking intimate tours that connect them with the lands and cultures their ancestors were forced to leave behind | Continue reading
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A new generation is discovering the rambling Southern route of William Bartram and his legendary 1791 travelogue | Continue reading
The "Killers of the Flower Moon" star accepted the award by speaking in the Blackfeet language | Continue reading
Short, handwritten lines of unrelated words contained coded weather reports to send via telegraph in the late 19th century | Continue reading
Thousands of painters, cartoonists, sculptors and other creatives are featured in the documents, which reinvigorated debates around copyright infringement and consent | Continue reading
A new technique reveals that the liquid may contain 10 to 1000 times more plastic pieces than previously thought | Continue reading
French officials have called on artists to submit designs for six new windows in the structure's south aisle | Continue reading
An analysis of more than 400 fossilized teeth suggests the creatures weren't eating many seeds, nuts or other hard foods | Continue reading
Wild, rugged and expansive, the 49th state is begging to be explored | Continue reading
Several ambitious projects are poised to bring a long trail and 25 new huts to the Last Frontier | Continue reading
At crime scenes around the world, the forensic entomologist Paola Magni is taking her field into uncharted waters | Continue reading
In South Carolina, members of the local Black community are teaming up with scientists to produce a novel study of the trans-Atlantic slave trade | Continue reading
The site contains skeletons in unusual positions and evidence of feasting rituals | Continue reading
Representing some of the world's best nature photography, the pictures are being put to a popular vote for the People's Choice Award | Continue reading
The commercial launch, scheduled for January 8, is slated to carry human remains to the lunar surface, which the Navajo Nation president calls a "desecration of this sacred space" | Continue reading
Despite belonging to the most venomous arachnid species on Earth, the spider will be using his bite for good in a program to produce antivenom | Continue reading
"Images of a Woman," signed by all four members of the band, could fetch as much as $600,000 at auction | Continue reading
With 2024 in its earliest days, take to the rails with inspiring images of life on and around the rails | Continue reading
With help from a now-extinct bear, archaeologists have unlocked the mysteries of Spain’s Cova Dones | Continue reading
Nicholas Dombek is one of nine individuals accused of stealing millions of dollars worth of artwork, sports memorabilia and cultural artifacts | Continue reading
Looking back at the moment when one of our greatest jazzmen raised the stakes for everyone who came after | Continue reading
Ancient cyanobacteria contained structures for producing oxygen around 1.75 billion years ago, according to a new study | Continue reading
The intricately decorated silver object was likely created by a highly skilled craftsperson in England | Continue reading
The 'extreme' lack of ice follows warm temperatures in December and calls attention to recent downward trends in ice coverage on the lakes | Continue reading
The piece is part of a rare collection by the Victorian-era designer and architect William Burges | Continue reading
Jonathan Glazer's new film uses the Auschwitz commandant and his family as a vehicle for examining humans' capacity for evil | Continue reading
Matabele ants in sub-Saharan Africa often sustain injuries while hunting termites—and their survival strategy may help humans fight infections, too | Continue reading
Scheduled to begin April 1, the off-hours visits will cost €5,000 ($5,500) per group | Continue reading
During his time in the repressive country, Charles Robert Jenkins married a Japanese abductee, taught English at a school and appeared in propaganda films | Continue reading
To protect the majestic reptiles around the isthmus of Panama, an ambitious conservation group digs deep both on and off the beach | Continue reading
A new exhibition showcases how the Vancouver Art Gallery investigated the artworks' authenticity | Continue reading
The Juno spacecraft's instruments will help scientists better understand volcanic activity on the volatile moon's surface | Continue reading
A new paper adds to evidence suggesting a group of disputed fossils, identified by many scientists as young T. rex, are actually another species | Continue reading
The 16th-century piece was one of more than 1,100 artworks taken from a Dutch-Jewish art dealer's collection during World War II | Continue reading
The capsule is the size of a multivitamin, and in an experiment with pigs, it appeared to reduce the animals' appetites | Continue reading
The general's war tent, an iconic part of the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, carries as much symbolism now as it did then | Continue reading