All Stories

It doesn't rain much there.

A man in Shaanxi had been using it to crack nuts for decades.

Maybe it worked?

Wintertime in a remote Montana forest heralds the arrival of mating season for the flying squirrel—and one of nature's most spectacular air shows.

In the 1970s, a group of Palestinian salesmen set out to dominate the Canadian velvet market.

Dr. Joseph Rhine believed that psychic powers could be studied—and that he had the tools to do it.

From secret library apartments to creepy clowns—here are the stories that sparked the most reader enthusiasm this year.

Decoding the legendary spins in Swan Lake.

The mouths of these dog-sized T-Rex relatives changed with their diets.

A graphic history of Sarah Bishop's unusual life near the Connecticut-New York border.

It appears to be a record.

They've been mythologized for centuries.

54,000 residents of Augsburg will have to leave their homes on Christmas Day.

Led by archaeologist Meg Watters, the Parkers Revenge Project reconstructed a crucial battle on the first day of the Revolutionary War.

When fighting for equality meant peeing on the steps.

It's around 3,800 years old.

Peek inside the Bodleian Library's Map Room.

Do not try them at home.