The discovery of a strange deep-sea mollusc sparked a global naming effort online, with researchers finally choosing a ...

Savvy players of Pokémon Go spotted one of the app's PokéStops in a disturbing location: Epstein Island. The post Pokémon Go ...

A beetle species’ larvae seem to bamboozle bees by smelling like flowers. This newly discovered deceptive strategy might be the first known example of an animal imitating floral scents, according to a ...

At first it is just shadows in the water and a few missed scoops. Then the strange stuff starts showing up. Exotic fish, invasive swarms, and a discovery that changes the entire day. Every step ...

A recent study led by researcher Harold Brindley, from the Institute for Communities and Wildlife in Africa at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, found that female black-footed cats rely ...

In a BBC archive clip, archaeologist Howard Carter describes the moment on 12 February 1924 when he and his team became the first people in 3,300 years to meet the Egyptian boy king.

Teratophiliacs were once a niche group that bonded over their sexual attraction to monsters in obscure forums. Now—as online communities proliferate and genres like romantasy grow—monster porn is ...

Disclosure Day, the new Steven Spielberg movie, is shaping up to be one of the most mysterious movies of this summer.

The counterprogramming to the halftime show was predictably xenophobic, but (perhaps) surprisingly low quality and poorly attended.

We were winding our way down the Twin Coast Discovery Highway – a scenic loop road in New Zealand which runs from Auckland to ...

In mythology, the concept of an underworld is found in almost every civilization, and it's usually a place where the "normal" rules we live by stop applying. But real life isn't that far off. Descend ...

From sacred rituals to daily life, explore rural Japan a century ago through National Geographic’s vivid photos.