The sting from a geographic cone snail is potent enough to kill a human. Learn all about this fascinating predatory snail.

With stunning mountain ranges, flat coastal plains, and the rolling fields of the Piedmont plateau region, North Carolina has ...

Big steps for humanity.

In a repudiation of Paris Fashion Week and its waifish beauties, this year marks the 10-year anniversary of "Fat Bear Week", an annual competition to choose the best "Fat Bear" of Katmai National Park ...

A view over the sea, a five-minute walk to a private beach, and getting away from it all… those are near the top of many people’s holiday wishlist, and they are certainly on mine.

A Cuban migrant from the caravan that departed Tapachula, Chiapas, 10 days ago is facing a serious health crisis after larvae ...

Gold remains a valuable material and while it doesn’t grow on trees, a new study published in the journal Environmental Microbiome shines a light on how it sometimes grows in them.

Before the Israeli war of extermination, 21-year-old Palestinian Heba Abu Zaid lived a quiet life in Jabalia refugee camp, ...

The Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop exists in a dimension where Andrew Jackson’s face on a $20 bill (plus that $7 in your cup holder) transforms into a treasure chest of possibilities that would make ...

Phoenix Park ‘n Swap has earned its reputation as a local institution because it delivers on the basic promise of a good flea market: variety, value, and the thrill of discovery. This isn’t some ...

A tiny worm that leaps high into the air—up to 25 times its body length—to attach to flying insects uses static electricity ...

P opcorn-like parasites, ghostly crustaceans, and creepy worms are among the 14 new species that have recently been found in ...