The deer of Nara Park are part of a millennium-old genetic lineage—does that make them more deserving of protection?

You haven’t really explored the Silver State until you’ve gone off the Las Vegas Strip.

Want to relive the eclipse? Then, listen up.

Who put the Marie in "bain-Marie"?

At Donde Mario, empanadas often come with a lesson about the past.

About 69 percent of the global diet is "foreign," says a study that pinpoints the origin of 151 food crops.

Feast like a sheepherder at a Basque boarding house turned restaurant.

In a preview of our new book, we look at scrappy and squat high-elevation trees that can live for thousands of years without seeming to age.

They will not be shushed.

Author Christopher Cokinos can’t get enough of the moon.

There's something shady about the idea that an ancient rock carving on a Neolithic tomb in Ireland depicts the Moon blotting out the Sun.

The Mountain West helped put American science on the map during the 1878 total solar eclipse, and it's the place to be for the next big American eclipse.

Turns out the parasites used to plague dinosaurs, too.

From Monty Python’s “Galaxy Song” to Hans Zimmer’s “Time.”

Recent research suggests that our planetary neighbor causes a stir deep under the ocean.

Theansweriscomplicated.

Creating a cute food decoration takes more enthusiasm than skill.