A study suggests that Homo sapiens may have benefited from the use of ochre and tailored clothing during a period of increased UV light 41,000 years ago, during the Laschamps excursion.

What is America's largest sea cave? This particular attraction has a lot more going for it than size, as sea lions have made ...

Blind cavefish and crayfish live in the cave system just north of Hoosier National Forest. These translucent creatures populate the longest navigable underground river in the U.S. where visitors can ...

For those who appreciate nature but aren’t quite ready to rough it completely, Echo Bluff State Park offers the perfect middle ground. As Missouri’s newest state park (opened in 2016), it was designed ...

The actor's life was filled with both triumph and tragedy Ale Russian is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has appeared in Women's World ...

Pedro Pascal says he thinks his "Last of Us" television series and the video games that inspired it are popular because they ...

Natural Tunnel State Park in Duffield, Virginia isn’t just hiding in the southwestern corner of the state—it’s practically shouting for attention with its geological wonders that somehow remain one of ...

Dinosaur World in Cave City, Kentucky features more than 150 life-size dinosaur models. The park also features an indoor animatronic dinosaur exhibit called Jurassic Jungle. Among Kentucky's many ...

In the Ozarks, Missouri, there are easy-to-navigate natural history museums, nature trails, animal sightseeing, and an award-winning aquarium that are fun options for a multiday family vacation.

But perhaps his least-known endeavor was as a poet. Kilmer was a writer of poetry for much of his adult life, having begun dabbling in the form in his twenties as he studied at The Juilliard ...

Siffre’s story started in 1939, in Nice, on the Mediterranean coast of France – but it wasn’t until 1962 that the events that ...

There is some sense in the idea that children may have played a more prominent role in all facets of life than their ... plants or other natural phenomena are rare. “Cave art created by early ...