Fossils have shown that the earliest dinosaurs lived about 230 million years ago and were only about the size of today’s ...

Seventeen years ago photographer David Doubilet was enchanted by a Pacific reef. He recently returned to see if that ...

His one pair of boots tore open after a month, and because there are no clothing stores in the village or anywhere nearby, he ...

Across the Tibetan Plateau, these creatures have transformed the rural economy. They’ve sparked a modern-day gold rush. In ...

Years of mining hallowed the ground beneath Maceió, Brazil. As the place sinks, those who’ve stayed confront the surreal ...

There are more than 4,000 species of frogs. Hop to it and check out a few ribbit-ing photos of these totally awesome amphibians.

A scientific analysis of the Hever Rose portrait has revealed a curious choice by its artist—one that hints at a vicious battle over the legitimacy of Boleyn's daughter, Queen Elizabeth I. Anne Boleyn ...

A watchful leopard. Bright marigolds. Spooky spiders. Check out some of the pictures featured in our Photo of the Day.

Scientists sampled the blood of wild anteaters and tapirs in the Brazilian Pantanel—and made a few surprising finds about ...

Among those cells is a newly identified rare subtype of neuron potentially associated with the genetic risk of developing ...

World-class freeriding may have helped put Verbier on the map, but this Swiss resort has plenty to offer first-timers, too.