Articles by Cara Giaimo

Cardinals are mad.

It can be yours for a mere $2.8 million.

Baker Island, in the middle of the Pacific, is one of two islands in the world in time zone UTC-12:00.

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

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.

No job is safe from automation.

Organizers cancelled after the first day.

For wolf experts, "elicited howling surveys" involve fearlessly imitating what they aim to study.

The ingenious maps played a role in some 750 successful escapes.

The Hall of Zsu Zsi pays tribute to a beloved art world pet.

Peril and, then, praise.

Japan's Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium is wondering: will they or won't they?

President Roosevelt thought trees should stay outdoors—so in 1902, his son took matters into his own hands.

They aim to harvest steam from 5000 feet under a volcano.

Academics have been trying to solve it for decades.

They've been doing it for years.

This year's events included present-wrapping, tree-decorating, lasso-throwing, and a dance-off.

How to eat a scorpion in style.

"It's a much better way to show love—the universal kind of love," one activist said.

LiLou was hired for "her overall cuteness."

In the 19th century, dozens of Acclimatization Societies wanted to stock Europe with exotic beasts—and the colonies with tame ones.

It's an annual tradition in the small city of Winters.

A long war over the dish's authenticity may be reaching its peak.