Nikon’s Small World in Motion competition offers a unique window into life under a microscope. A tardigrade, colloquially known as water bears, move around a volvox algae colony. Tardigrades are water ...

Riding through Peru’s Sacred Valley reveals a landscape alive with ritual and renewal, past timeless villages, ‘blessed’ cars ...

A natural experiment in a national park in Patagonia shows how the return of a large predator can reshape an ecosystem. Long absent from Argentinian Patagonia due to over-hunting, pumas have returned ...

With major eclipses, brilliant supermoons, and lineups of five or more planets, 2026 offers something awe-inspiring in every season. Here’s what to watch for. Solar prominences and their associated ...

The Mediterranean diet’s colder-climate cousin comes with the same health benefits thanks to its combination of anti-inflammatory- and antioxidant-rich foods. Fatty fish like salmon are a key ...

Every January, millions of people resolve to improve their health. Many start with dramatic overhauls—cutting out entire food groups, committing to daily workouts, or vowing to reinvent their routines ...

Modern tools and good old-fashioned digging revealed royal tombs, World War II shipwrecks, and the oldest Egyptian genome ever sequenced. A mosaic death mask believed to have belonged to the Maya ...

The 2025 American Kennel Club (AKC) national championship belongs to JJ the Lhasa Apso. The Lhasa Apso captured the coveted Best in Show award after winning the Non-Sporting Group at the 25th annual ...

Cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Sergey Prokopyev successfully installed the first ICARUS experiment antenna on the outside hull of the International Space Station during a nearly eight-hour space walk in ...

For many travelers, a vacation feels incomplete without their dog. Hiking through towering forests, splashing in clear lakes or relaxing at a scenic overlook just feels better when your furry best ...

From giant stick bugs to rarely seen sea creatures, these animal videos fascinated us—and led to new scientific discoveries. An orca calf and adult swim in the Norwegian fjords. Orcas have been among ...