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Scientists Once Thought This Snail Was Extinct. But a Surprising Discovery and Decade-Long Conservation Effort Revived the Species

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Lucian Freud Is Famous for His Unflinching Portraits. These Rarely Seen Drawings Provide an Intimate Window Into His Creative Process

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Jesse Jackson Witnessed Martin Luther King Jr.’s Assassination. Here’s How He Carried the Torch for the Civil Rights Movement Into the Future

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What Is Skimo? The Newest Olympic Sport Has a Long History in Europe

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Archaeologists Unearthed a 2,200-Year-Old Bone. They Say It Could Be the First Direct Evidence of Hannibal's Legendary War Elephants

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A Star Suddenly Brightened, Then Faded Into Darkness. Astronomers Say It May Have Turned Into a Black Hole

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How Often Do You Fart? This 'Smart Underwear' Can Keep Track, Because Figuring Out a Baseline Is Important for Science

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Bird Watchers Flock to Montreal to Catch a Glimpse of Canada's First Known European Robin

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These 12,000-Year-Old Scraps of Elk Hide May Be the World's Oldest Known Examples of Sewing

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'Yankee Doodle' Was One of America's Earliest Protest Songs. But Its Origins Are Shrouded in Mystery

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With an Experiment in Their Basement Photo Lab, Two Brothers Created a Paint That Outshines Them All

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When Coyotes Threatened Livestock on Central Texas Ranches, the Solution Was to Unlock an Ancient Ability in Dogs

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An Elephant's Trunk is Covered in Whiskers—and They're Unlike Those on Any Other Animal, a New Study Suggests

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These Emily Carr Paintings Will Make You Experience the Beauty of British Columbia's Landscapes in a Completely New Way

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Five Things to Know About 'Wuthering Heights,' Author Emily Brontë's Only Novel

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Will a Dazzling Display of Wildflowers Spread Across California This Spring?

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Earth's Core Might Hold Dozens of Oceans Worth of Hydrogen, Hinting at the Origins of the Planet's Vast Water Supply

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Seabird Poop May Have Fueled This Pre-Inca Kingdom's Rise to Power in South America

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A Metal Detectorist Unearthed This Heart-Shaped Tudor Pendant. Now, the British Museum Has Raised Millions to Put It on Public Display

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Gallop Into the Year of the Horse With These Five Amazing Equine Discoveries

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