Rapa Nui, 2,200 miles west of the mainland, is as rugged as it is remote — and an exploration offers blustery hikes, volcanic craters and villages of rock-hewn moai.

Tobacco hornworm caterpillars have no organs that resemble ears. Yet, scientists were able to figure out how they hear—and it ...

With some of the world’s clearest skies, the Elqui Valley on the edge of the Atacama Desert offers an unparalleled lens into ...

Could Spinosaurus swim? A new fossil with a scimitar-like head crest provides new evidence on the unsettled question.

Not many people get to experience the sea at night. But along Ireland’s coast, travelers can indulge in the magic of floating ...

Over time, these pancakes became the festival’s signature food. Known as a blini, or dense and yeasty buckwheat pancake, ...

Growing research suggests the bacteria left behind by the common childhood infection may trick the immune system into ...

It already exists in the natural world. Now, thanks to breakthroughs in genetic engineering, scientists have created ...

In addition to cycling through 12 animals each year, the Chinese zodiac also rotates between the five traditional Chinese ...

“Many confounding factors in real life—including lifestyle, UV exposure, occupational hazards, and immune status—can ...

In late winter, the zodiacal light is visible in the evening in the Northern Hemisphere (false dusk) and in the pre-dawn ...

City surveyors in Melbourne Beach, Florida, heard an unusual chirping under a road on Feb. 9 while doing routine work, and thought it could be coming from rats. Instead, they discovered a 7-foot-long ...