The Nell Gwyn Stakes of 1975 turned out to be the launchpad to a stellar racing career for Rose Bowl, who was trained by Fulke Johnson Houghton for Jane Engelhard, widow of the wealthy industrialist ...

If you need a break from city life, the U.S. is full of small, quaint towns brimming with fun activities, and we found the best mountain towns worth visiting.

Now his time is occupied by Ocean Builders, the company that has set up three solar-powered SeaPods, of differing designs, near Linton Bay Marina. It is a partnership between Koch and two other ...

New DNA probes allow for efficient surveying of the hidden lives of squids and octopuses in the deep sea. This development provides an effective tool for marine ecological research and conservation ...

The Haggadah says that we celebrate Passover as if we, today, were there. And yet after biblical times, early in the Talmudic era, the rabbis imagined a human hero at the Red Sea: Nachshon ben ...

Ornithologist Bruce Beehler tracks down what he calls the “Magnificent Seven,” a charismatic group of migratory birds, in his new book ...

Scientists on an icebreaker ship have captured a number of weird and wacky animals from Antarctica's ocean floor, including a bizarre pig-shaped creature.

I was lucky enough to be invited on a Diverse Travel trip to the Revillagigedo Archipelago (or Socorro as many people like to call it). It is considered one of the best places in the world for Oceanic ...