The marine mammals use several cues, including unique whistles, to form a complex awareness of others in their minds.

Polynesian wayfinding has long been a patriarchal tradition. Lehua Kamalu is breaking the mold—and helping to lead a revival ...

A novel exploration of the deepest parts of the Mekong finds rare—and massive—fish, some of which were thought nearly extinct ...

Inhabited since the Stone Age and just 1.4 square miles, Denmark’s Tunø is easy to explore on foot, bike, scooter, and traxas ...

When the sun goes down, a whole new world wakes up. Nocturnal animals have evolved to live their lives by moonlight, trusting ...

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Most scholars say that at the nation's founding ending a pregnancy wasn’t illegal—or even controversial. Here’s a look at the ...

Three wildfires skirted the author’s Boulder home. Then two more converged on her ancestral house in New Mexico. In the ...

Discovered thousands of miles south of the only other known Denisovan fossils, the molar provides fresh evidence of the ...

The one-hour special Explorer: The Deepest Cave premieres on May 30 at 10/9c on the National Geographic Channel and streaming ...

At up to 10 feet in diameter, the floating leaves of giant water lilies (genus Victoria) are the largest on Earth. In South ...