SCIENCE

Mike was supposed to be dinner. Instead, he became a national treasure.

Every person on Earth is living in the past, and more fascinating facts about time that are likely to hurt your brain.

For most of the year, the trees of 40 fruits look like any other tree. But in spring, dozens of shades of pinks and reds and whites begin to appear.

If you can't resist puckering your mouth when you lick a lemon or snack on Sour Patch Kids, you can thank evolution.

If you've ever watched the sun set in the desert, you may have noticed more spectacular colors than you're used to. There's a good reason for that.

There’s no shortage of trailblazing, boundary-breaking women who never got their due.

Two unlucky drones were sacrificed to capture this incredible footage from inside an active volcano's crater.

A new study suggests that some sharks do sleep, even though they appear to be wide-awake when they're catching up on theirs Zs.

The smallest bone in your body is one of a set of three whose collective name literally means ‘small bones.’

Trap-jaw ants have more tricks up their figurative sleeves than just trap jaws. And odorous house ants aren’t called that for nothing.

Roughly 1500 years ago, someone in Sicily suffered from intestinal worms. Here’s why researchers are excited about that.

You may be grateful that your car's windshield is cleaner than it used to be, but the lack of bugs on the road isn't something to celebrate.