A tiny Alaskan island faces a threat as deadly as an oil spill—rats.

The search for the perfect hot dog—by way of haute cuisine.

“The gun debate would change in an instant if Americans witnessed the horrors that trauma surgeons confront everyday.”

What does it take to save a 300-pound loggerhead with a horrible injury? Inside the yearlong journey of recovery.

An academic in Calgary lives an extreme low-carbon lifestyle. But he really doesn’t want to make you feel weird about it.

What one funny-looking fish taught us about evolution, the internet, and the monsters we create.

In a few short hours, a normal evening along Texas’s Blanco River became the site of a deadly flash flood.

A Montana rancher found two skeletons in combat—the Dueling Dinosaurs. But who do they belong to, and will the public ever see them?

The California coast is disappearing under the rising sea. Our choices are grim.

A giant earthquake is coming to the Northwest. Unfortunately, no one knows when.

On fireworks, and the “pyros” who practice the art.

In experiments on pig organs, scientists at Yale made a discovery that could someday challenge our understanding of what it means to die.

Is the genetically engineered chestnut tree an act of ecological restoration or a threat to wild forests?

The story of the loneliest whale in the world.

What the sensation of uncontrollable itch and the phantom limbs of amputees can tell us about how the brain works.

For years, the clients of a Colorado funeral home kept their loved ones’ cremated remains. Then the FBI called.

His DNA solved a century-old jailhouse rape. The victim: his grandmother.

What’s at stake in the fight over development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge? A caribou herd, and a culture that relies on it.

How much does the world need to know about a deadly bear attack? That question was tested in the Yukon last year, after the horrific loss of a mother and daughter caused a destructive media storm.

“Incels” are going under the knife to reshape their faces, and their dating prospects.

Last summer, Arthur Medici went surfing off the coast of Cape Cod. He never made it back.

Burmese amber offers paleontologists an unprecedented glimpse into the Cretaceous. But it comes from a conflict zone.

Why carbon credits for forest preservation may be worse than nothing.

An “unknown energy source” has been blamed for debilitating symptoms suffered by Americans posted in Cuba. The real cause may be more surprising.

Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico’s “monkey island.” The surviving primates could help scientists learn about the psychological response to traumatizing events.