A 50-year study says more Vibrio infections correlate with rising water temperatures, representing “a direct impact on human ...

This costly conflict spanned generations—and its brutal legacy endures. But why did the bloodshed go on for so long?

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In this newsletter, beavers that parachute; the crab population off Alaska falls; fox vs. frog ... and nearly 500 species of ...

By Whitney Johnson, Director of Visual and Immersive Experiences Grief strikes photographers as well, and makes us see things ...

Across the country, inventive fine-dining restaurants are flowering like garlands in temples — from the Himalayan foothills down to Chennai’s shores.

Descendants of theme-park escapees, a population of rhesus macaques in a Florida state park may soon double in size—a recipe ...

A retro-futuristic space truck. A nimble crustacean on wheels. A space-age dune buggy. One will win a multibillion-dollar prize to deploy on a future NASA Artemis mission. But first, we took a ride on ...

In 1832, Tatsu Takayama made a defiant climb up to the top of Mount Fuji dressed as a man. This is the story of her historic journey.

The month brings a spectacular lineup of celestial sights—including a rare chance to see Mercury without a telescope and a ...

In an excerpt from his new book Dinner with King Tut, Sam Kean explores a weird and wild '90s experiment to replicate ancient ...