Articles by Cara Giaimo

More than 70 years after the destroyer sank, the Department of Defense is officially looking for them.

This historical botanical theory has its roots in ancient contraceptive practices.

It's 48 feet high.

It was offal.

It's been spurting candy-colored lava for over a month.

Ido Michaeli's new tapestry, "Black Panther Got Loose From the Bronx Zoo," brings allegory to a zoo breakout.

It would be used for underwater physical therapy.

How did Rhipsalis baccifera cross the ocean?

Between 1922 and 1938, the "Nansen Passport" allowed stateless people to make a new life.

What a waffle mess.

It's attached to his old house.

For the past couple of centuries, tactile maps—geographic aids for the blind—have been as beautiful as they are effective.

Pop quiz, hotshot.

The difficulty of substantiating—and quashing—a historical rumor.

She had to go to the ER.

The famous groundhog has gone through some weird times.

Welcome to the Year of the Fire Rooster.

They've overrun yards, state parks, and even a mental health care facility—and no one knows what to do with them.

They were probably on their way to a hunting trip.

A limited diet has made the cute creatures desperate.

The puppies are fine.

The "Mysterioso Pizzicato" should never have gotten as far as it did.

Everything dies, baby, that's a fact.