THIS is the terrifying moment a massive bolt of lightning strikes a churchgoer, blowing apart a tree and setting her car ...

Recent rain, humidity and standing water have created ideal breeding conditions. Here's how to protect yourself and your yard.

Backyard gardening has surged into a nationwide movement that keeps picking up speed with each warm season. Homeowners across the country transform lawns, patios, and even small balcony corners into ...

A dramatic surge in kratom-related poison center calls is raising alarm among health experts, as new data shows cases have jumped more than 1,200% over the past decade. Alongside the spike, ...

The Sawmill Fire is shown erupting from an exploding target — with blue smoke curling off the fire's fringes — in a video just obtained by the Arizona Daily Star. The 49-second video clearly shows the ...

Hold up your hand and look at it for a second. The iron in your blood, the calcium in your bones, the oxygen you are breathing right now. Every one of those atoms is far older than the Earth itself.

When the news broke last week that Marjane Satrapi, the French Iranian artist best known for the groundbreaking graphic memoir Persepolis, had died at age 56, I had what turned out to be a common ...

This story appears in the October 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Moon jellies, which are found in shallow bays around the world, look like small, not entirely friendly ghosts. They have ...

12 people have died after a plane carrying passengers planning to spend the day skydiving crashed in Missouri, officials have said. The crash occurred shortly after take-off near the Butler Memorial ...

Lab analyst Diana Wendelin gently adjusts a slide under a microscope. An enlarged image of a tick comes into focus on her computer screen. “So, the first thing I'm looking at is called the scutum.

Castle Rock State Park in Oregon, Illinois sits quietly along the Rock River, minding its own business while tourists flock ...