In September, scientists revealed the tilcayo, a new wild cat. Then came donations, awards, and a few strange phone calls.

Lake Powell’s retreat is revealing a lost world covered in deep piles of sedimentary sludge. A group of adventurers and ...

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You can see them surging from the shore: a dark band across the water, a stream of silver fish paralleling the beaches along Florida’s Gulf and Atlantic coasts. For several weeks each fall and winter, ...

For over a century, tourists have discarded objects into the park’s hydrothermal features. Park staff try to remove as much ...

New York City has more pizzerias with more variety than any other city in America. Meanwhile, Chicago has its own deep-dish style that no New York pizza spot has been able to successfully replicate.

Scientists have spent decades trying to get medicine across the blood-brain barrier. Two treatments for a rare genetic ...

Europe has no shortage of food and drink festivals, from Spain’s La Tomatina, when a sea of crimson tomatoes flow down the streets, to Oktoberfest, where tall glasses of Festbier are raised into the ...

Home to Mount Constitution, the highest point in the archipelago, it is a paradise for hikers, bikers, kayakers, and whale ...

Looking at the horizon, I quickly count how many hills separate the lake I’ve just taken a dip in from the mountain farmstead cabin I should reach by noon. Squelching my way through dewy cranberry ...

Denmark's third city is all about comfort and conviviality, combining unconventional cafes with fairytale architecture and a ...

A new class of medicines offers steadier protection with fewer injections, while gene therapy is beginning to test the promise of a one-time treatment.