Best known for Big Ten sports, this small city offers a surprising breadth of experiences, including big-time art, music, and nature.

This metabolic syndrome is one of the leading causes of infertility—yet doctors often just tell women to lose weight. Will a new name usher in a new era of care?

Yet as the drought has caused lakes and reservoirs to recede, a host of archaeological finds are emerging, from ancient docks and a small chapel in Sapanca Lake, near İstanbul, to Neolithic-era ...

In our latest Ask an Expert Anything, wildlife cinematographer Sophie Darlington answered subscriber questions on how she broke into the industry, her creative tips for filming on a safari, and the ...

This month brings two meteor showers, an eerie orange-tinted full moon, and one of the year’s last chances to glimpse the Milky Way’s luminous core.

From moonlit sandbanks to volcanic hiking trails, islands across the Indian Ocean are trading treatment menus for something wilder — and more personal.

In the central Philippines, the Visayan Islands’ tropical beaches are a backdrop for deeply rooted communities who are working to preserve locals’ unique way of life — inviting visitors to share in ...

In Africa’s lush highlands, the longest waterway in the world originates from a surprising place. Inside the mission to map the source of the ancient river.

African Parks’ rescue of 2,000 white rhinos was not only impossibly fast but also historic. It encouraged Fearnhead to think bigger—to take what Hume started and combine it with African Parks’ ...

Relentlessly hunted for its scales, the mysterious armored pangolin is vanishing throughout Africa. Now scientists are trying to unlock the secrets that could help save it.

To bring one of the world’s largest vultures back from the brink, Shannon Hoffman is searching cliffs, collecting eggs, and raising chicks by hand.

In spring 2020, as COVID-19 erupted worldwide, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka feared less for her own health than for the mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, 120 square miles of misty ...