You Could Run a 'Penguin Post Office' in Antarctica
Three new hires will spend five months living among gentoo penguins and sorting postcards at the world's southernmost post office
Pro-Palestinian Activists Damage Balfour Portrait at Cambridge University
The 1917 Balfour Declaration was a pivotal declaration of British support for a "national home for the Jewish people"
Asian Elephants Bury Their Dead, New Research Suggests
In India, five dead calves were found buried on their backs in irrigation ditches, with evidence that multiple herd members had participated in the burials
With New Holocaust Museum, the Netherlands Reckons With Its Past
The venue, which opens this week, memorializes the Dutch Jews who suffered at the hands of the Nazis
Fossil Hunter Discovers Gigantic Crab in New Zealand—a New, Extinct Species
The massive creature is 8.8 million years old, and its modern descendants in Australia can grow to be the weight of a human toddler
You Can Spend the Night in the Secret Library Tucked Inside St. Paul's Cathedral
Airbnb is offering two guests the chance to sleep amongst 22,000 books in an area normally off-limits to visitors
Hundreds of Thousands of Salmon Die After Release in Northern California's Klamath River
The juvenile Chinook salmon likely died from pressure changes as they swam through an old tunnel in the Iron Gate Dam, slated to be removed this year as part of a massive demolition project
These French Cheeses Are at Risk of Extinction
A lack of microbial diversity could eventually spell the end of cheeses like Camembert
Very Rare Yellow-Billed Loon Visits the Las Vegas Strip, Hangs Out in the Bellagio Fountains
The out-of-place bird prompted the hotel to put its famed fountain show on hold before biologists captured and moved the bird—one of the country's ten rarest—to better habitat
This Banksy Mural Was Salvaged From the Wall of a London Office Building
Conservators have been working for a year to restore "Happy Choppers," which is going to auction on March 20
Scientists Unravel the Mysteries of Earth's Towering Star Dunes—Massive, Moving Mountains of Sand
Using new technologies, researchers revealed an enormous star dune in Morocco formed more quickly than thought, and it's on the move
This Is When Washington, D.C.'s Cherry Trees Are Predicted to Bloom This Year
"Peak bloom," which typically falls in late March or early April, refers to the day when at least 70 percent of the trees have blossomed
These Photos Are the First to Show Humpback Whales Mating—and Both Are Males
Photographers spotted the interaction in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Maui in 2022
10,000 People Were Evacuated So Experts Could Safely Detonate an Unexploded World War II-Era Bomb
Residents found the German explosive in a backyard garden in Plymouth, England
The Decimal Point Is 150 Years Older Than Previously Thought, Medieval Manuscript Reveals
A Venetian merchant used the mathematical symbol while calculating the positions of planets between 1441 and 1450
7,000 Humpback Whales May Have Starved to Death During the 'Blob' Heatwave
The unprecedented marine heat between 2013 and 2016 in the North Pacific likely drove the whales' 20 percent decline, a trend revealed by citizen science observations
This Tiny Fish Can Make Sounds That Rival an Airplane or an Elephant—Now, Scientists Know How
Transparent and just half an inch long, male Danionella cerebrum can make noises of more than 140 decibels
These Were the Most—and Least—Popular National Parks in 2023
The National Park Service recorded 325,498,646 recreation visits across 400 sites, which is close to pre-pandemic levels
Gene-Edited Pork Could Be Coming Soon to Your Dinner Plate
Scientists are using CRISPR technology to make pigs immune to a deadly virus—and they're hoping for FDA approval by early next year
A Japanese American Incarceration Camp in Colorado Is America’s Newest National Park
More than 10,000 Japanese Americans were imprisoned at the Granada Relocation Center, also known as Amache, during World War II
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