Scientists are closer than ever to deciphering sperm whale communication. Their breakthroughs could open the door to expanded ...

Our journalist—and three-time marathoner—did the hard work of finding the lightweight, breathable caps every runner needs.

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple ...

Photograph by Christian Ziegler By banding together in coalitions—meaning groups of two or more animals, but usually three to ...

Newly described bone collector caterpillars build a silken case around their bodies and adorn it with dead insect body parts ...

From learning to carve woodblocks or make pottery, to observing artisans at work, tourists can help sustain and revive these ...

Wildlife, wilderness, and culture collide on this multi-day walking experience on a little-known island in Tasmania.

The UK’s once-vaunted seaside towns are experiencing a remarkable revival, clawing themselves back from the dark days of the end of the last century. What’s driving this resurgence — and what does the ...

This fossil is 13 million years older than any ant fossil found before—and reveals a sophisticated predator that lived alongside the dinosaurs.

Cosmologist Katie Mack breaks down what the latest findings about dark energy mean for our universe’s future. Either way, it ...

The Olympic flame still burns brightly in Ancient Olympia in the Peloponnese, where the modern-day games have their Greek ...

This Celtic celebration of fire and fertility culminates in the marriage of the May Queen and the Green Man—and the arrival ...