Few countries celebrate Halloween with as much fervor and excitement as the US.  Children and adults alike observe the occasion by dressing in creative costumes, gorging on cand...

Most seafood lovers — animal or human — would find it hard to resist a tasty shrimp morsel. However, not Kit,  a mischievous sea otter that resides at California's Monterey Bay ...

After years of intense public pushback, the now-shuttered Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus finally announced the retirement of their Asian elephant performers in 2016. ...

When some curious summer campers at the Hamilton Junior Naturalist Club (Junats) set out on an expedition to Kawhia Harbour on New Zealand's North Island, they were just hoping ...

Humans have flown to the Moon and may even make it to Mars. But providing clean water to all remains a challenge.  The World Health Organization estimates that one in three peop...

A mirror coated in red paint, a banana stuck to the wall with duct tape, and an invisible sculpture — these are just a few of the abstract artworks that have recently sold for a...

The school day had just ended at Isaac Dickson Elementary School in Asheville, North Carolina.  Most students had left, and the ones in the school's "supervised homework help" p...

Ludwig van Beethoven is undoubtedly one of the greatest musicians that ever lived. The German composer and pianist completed 722 musical works— including nine symphonies — despi...