Efforts to improve the “swimmability” of urban areas are gaining global traction, from Paris to Chicago Swimmable Cities is a global alliance of local government officials, experts and advocates ...

Dimorphos, on the lower right, surrounded by debris moments after DART's collision in September 2022. The asteroid's larger companion, Didymos, is on the left. ASI / NASA Four years ago, NASA ...

When photographer Elliot McGucken heard about a possible superbloom in Death Valley this spring, he drove around 1,000 miles from Montana to California. Elliot McGucken Vibrant blossoms are blanketing ...

Rachel Parsons is a writer, multimedia journalist, photographer and videographer. Her work focuses on climate, the environment and anthropological intersections.

Manuel Díaz Cárdenas harvests the tender tips of his Salicornia plants. © Alfredo Caliz The Spanish sun is blistering as farmer Manuel Díaz Cárdenas, equipped ...

Conservationists saved the fuzzy creatures in Victoria, Australia. Now, the animals are showing remarkable signs of genetic recovery ...

At the time, athletes received silver medals for winning first place. The Olympics didn't introduce gold medals until 1904 ...

Over the past few years, art historians have identified several previously unknown paintings by Elizabeth I's favorite artist ...

Players from the University of Sydney and McGill University grapple over the quaffle during the 2014 Quidditch World Cup in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Richard Ellis/Demotix/Corbis France just beat ...

"Super-agers" seem to produce more new nerve cells in a brain region important for memory than other people their age ...

Until now, scientists have only known about the animals from fossils. But they suspected the creatures might still be alive, ...

In Soweto, an unlikely champion offers lessons in riding and in life Wearing his national title show jumping jacket, Mafokate checks the reins before mounting his horse at a local competition in the ...