Its body goes limp, its breathing appears to stop, and its tongue sticks out, but it’s not merely pretending…

Adopting parents could “special order” children with the hair and eye color they wanted.

Some of these ritual books contained recipes for malevolent curry.

Hunters often seek the biggest, most impressive rack. This time, the hunter got a weird one instead.

Death Valley has gone without rainfall for up to a year at a time!

They can drink 32 gallons of water at a time, but they don’t store it in their humps.

The highlight of the evening was the holy matrimony of Meghan Barkle and Harry Prince of Tails.

These eggs once belonged to a therizinosaurus—the “scythe lizard.”

The Carny language developed as a way for carnival workers to talk in code.

These whales have sharper fins and smaller white markings above their eyes.

He considered himself, in his own words, “a pariah” among academics.

Built to guide humanity after a nuclear apocalypse?

The dried skin bares the tattoos of a 1930’s sailor.

The secret to his mysterious origins may lie in a painting.