Around 20,000 to 60,000 years ago, as Homo sapiens spread across the Earth during the Ice Age, they encountered dramatic ...

The endangered kakapo is a flightless bird native to New Zealand. Its population is growing, but its parasites have dwindled.

The stories keep popping up here and there: a runaway kangaroo in Alabama or a zebra in Tennessee. Now, a deep dive by Slate helps explain what's going on by exploring a largely hidden—yet ...

Now, I have witnessed many curious spectacles in my wanderings across this great continent, but few have provided such ...

Wall Street was poised to open with gains Monday ahead of a busy week of corporate earnings reports. Futures for the S&P 500, ...

An Albanian court has begun the corruption trial of former Prime Minister Sali Berisha. The trial, which started Monday, also ...

The U.N. food agency says Israeli forces fired on Palestinians seeking food aid in northern Gaza on Sunday. Gaza's Health ...