O'Rourke himself smokes marijuana less often now, and had not smoked at all for months before a recent session of chemotherapy. Then, at the suggestion of Dr. Paul Brenner of La Jolla, he smoked some ...

Several canoes paddle toward Makoko, a vast floating slum built on stilts in the lagoon at one end of Nigeria’s economic hub ...

UC San Diego School of Biological Sciences' Shermin de Silva has spent the majority of her scientific career studying ...

Pupy the elephant arrived at her new home in a sanctuary in Mato Grosso, Brazil, Friday following a 2,700-kilometer ...

There was a time when zoos were little more than menageries—crowded displays where animals were kept for public amusement, ...

“In addition, the fragmented and unrepresentative available evidence base means that the global state of insect biodiversity remains unclear. In the face of these challenges, new approaches are ...

Imagine standing in a forest, feeling the pulse of life beneath your feet, or gazing at the night sky, knowing that each star ...

Animals are often underestimated when it comes to their intelligence ... They have been observed bending wires to create hooks and solving multi-step puzzles to retrieve rewards. These behaviors ...

Walking through the entrance feels like stepping into a parallel dimension where everything you never knew you needed awaits ...

In the heart of Birmingham sits a thrifter’s paradise so vast and varied that shoppers have been known to pack snacks, wear comfortable shoes, and block out entire days just to explore its treasures.

From elephants in Botswana to leopards in the Serengeti National Park, there are so many cool African safaris that you will ...