This story begins like all good ones do, with a 66-year-old man standing on stage, dressed as a goat.

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Massi rushes down the slope, leaps across a slow-running stream and disappears inside a thick bush. Rosie, his young ...

While excavating clay cylinders in Syria, archaeologists discovered a rare find: an early writing system. The script has given scholars the new challenge of reinvestigating the timeline of alphabetic ...

The endangered big cats are hanging on in Russia, the first country-wide survey of the animal suggests, while scientists and ...

Decades ago, India’s tigers were on the brink of extinction. Slowly, their numbers have rebounded. But that ecological success has prompted a dire problem—and a race to save many of them from genetic ...

Dominica fully lives up to its self-appointed nickname as the "Caribbean’s Nature Island." In a region that brims with pristine beaches requiring nothing more but to show up and relax, Dominica ...

Long before Western astrology, the Chinese zodiac helped organize years, beliefs, and social life. Here’s how the system of 12 animals evolved over the centuries.

It's possible to experience the majesty of the Himalayas without breaking a sweat: Uttarakhand's Kumaon Hills offer routes ...

Ahead of the release of Sam Raimi's "Send Help," revisit the stories of Alexander Selkirk, Marguerite de la Rocque, the Tongan castaways and others who endured in remote locales ...

Epic Things to do in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho the heart of north Idaho! These are the top attractions, hotels, restaurants, ...