A 1900s boomtown with cosmopolitan flair, this coastal destination is now well-suited for families looking to combine ...

For over a century, rumors about Queen Victoria's affair with her servant John Brown have persisted. Now a historian says she ...

Scientists found the 500-million-year-old fossil of a "penis worm" in the Grand Canyon—and reconstructed how the creature would have used its strange mouth to feed.

Because Pluto is so dim, you need a telescope to see it. “A backyard telescope could do it under the right conditions,” says ...

A new study documents fighting and cannibalism between female joro spiders for the first time. But it’s unclear how this ...

A team of paleontologists led by National Geographic Explorer Paul Sereno uncovered a trove of dinosaur fossils in the Sahara ...

In the Canadian Rockies, a cowgirl-powered ranch takes riders into the heart of the Banff National Park, retracing a tangle ...

For thousands of years sirens have lured sailors, haunted coastlines—and shapeshifted through myth and media. Here's how they ...

Pesticides, habitat loss, and light pollution are threatening firefly populations worldwide, but even in urban areas, some ...

We all have at least one friend that treats their dog like an actual human child. Scientists think you shouldn't be a hater: ...

Emma Jung, Toni Wolff and Sabina Spielrein were brilliant thinkers in their own right. Now, they are finally getting their ...

The potential for these kinds of machines to reshape computer processing, increase energy efficiency, and revolutionize ...