Each year, millions of straw-colored fruit bats descend on Kasanka National Park for a few months, and scientists are working ...

Southern operatives tried to light New York businesses on fire and bring the Northern city to its knees on this date in 1864 ...

As many wild populations decline, some city dwellers flourish—and may become a source for reintroductions to rural areas ...

On this day in 1542, the Battle of Solway Moss left James V enfeebled and ill, clearing the way for his young daughter, Mary, ...

Found etched into clay cylinders in Syria, the strange symbols date to around 2400 B.C.E.—500 years before other known ...

New archaeological finds on the islands have revealed secrets about one of Britain’s first settlements in the Americas—and the surprising ways it changed the New World By Andrew Lawler ...

In a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature, astronomers describe the youngest transiting planet ever found. It’s ...

Next time you’re walking through fallen leaves in a forest, keep an eye out for the Eastern red-backed salamander—a small ...

Wildlife caretakers released the bird into the Southern Ocean after he’d put on some weight and regained his strength Sarah Kuta Daily Correspondent The emperor penguin that made global ...

The artist's “L’empire des lumières” sold for a massive $121 million, and experts hope the large number could be a sign of ...