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Believers say the otherworldly protectors of Cerro de la Muerte's cloud forests face an uncertain future.

The ancient sculptures in Saudi Arabia were made when the desert was green and camels were wild.

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The growing field probes everything from family collections to problematic museum exhibits.

You can even take these unnerving, almost-human figures home with you.

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Staff hike hundreds of varieties up the slopes.

An award-winning image, taken via drone, captures the dreadful beauty of one of nature's violent shows of power.

How empresses used "metamorphosis" to show their male courtiers who’s the boss.

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For nearly 40 years, a rotating cast of artists has made costumes and props for GWAR—the band behind one of the world’s wildest stage shows.

We love the month of October, so we're giving you 31 days of stories that will get you in the Halloween spirit.

At the northern tip of Manhattan, the ballpark was a magnet for families, entrepreneurs, and celebrities.

English colonists needed alcohol to survive. And for that, they needed women.

How one museum keeps a rare Pacific footballfish looking sharp.

Two new ones just turned up in a tomb on a remote Scottish island. 

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Nearly 60 years after he fled East Berlin, Andreas Springer shares a story of risk, freedom, and the deepest tunnel beneath the Cold War's most infamous border.