When the only way to visit your neighbors is to hop into a car, holiday parties take on a deeper significance.

Dramatic video shows the moment Jeremy Wade swims up to the 20-foot, 200 pound giant snake.

More than 4,000 deadly snakes call this tiny 110-acre island home, including one species with venom that can 'melt human flesh.'

Watch what happens when an eager young lion cub gets in too deep (literally) while dining on a freshly killed buffalo.

This monster of a bug was recently discovered in a remote area of China's Sichuan province.

The Aldabra banded snail was believed to have been driven to extinction by climate change, but researchers have found a few stragglers.

The Ili pika, an animal sometimes referred to as the 'magic rabbit,' is more endangered than the panda.

The beautiful, predatory moonfish can warm its own body, just like mammals and birds.

Long feared extinct, the extremely rare Omura's whale was recorded by a team of biologists off the coast of Madagascar.

Phylliroe is a type of nudibranch, or sea slug, that has evolved to look and swim like a fish. And that's not the only weird thing about it.

The surprising find shows just how much there is to learn about the biodiversity of southern Oregon's mountainous region.

The breeding of these extremely rare, enormous insects is one of the most inspiring stories in the history of conservation.

Otherworldly caves naturally lit by the eerie gleam of glowworms are a sight to behold.

Metallic noise, captured from the deepest point on Earth's surface, likely belongs to a species of baleen whale, scientists say.

Following fresh eyewitness evidence, researchers are placing dozens of camera traps in a remote region of Australia.

Australian researchers have traced the largest dinosaur footprint ever found, an intimidating 5-foot, 9-inch long impression made by a giant sauropod.

Species is so rare that it hasn't been seen since an account in 1873.

Zoom in on this supposed image of sheep on a hillside and you'll be in for quite the surprise.

A terrifying, meat-eating worm is named after John Bobbitt — you know, that terrible episode from 1993 involving Lorena Bobbit and a big knife.

The unknown species is believed to be a snailfish with 'large wing-like fins and a head resembling a cartoon dog.'

The Inaccessible Island rail (Atlantisia rogersi) can only be found on a single Atlantic island in the middle of nowhere. Here's how it got there.

Nicknamed the 'psychedelic Medusa,' this fascinating jellyfish was spotted during a NOAA research mission.

The rejuvenating lunch breaks of yesterday are long gone. They've become rushed working lunches, and surveys show it's getting worse.

You'll feel happier and more productive when you have a short or an active commute on your way to work.

The newly refurbished stairs in Rome are open to the public again, but tourists will be fined for sitting on them.

Troubles on the set and suspicious deaths helped to cultivate a nasty reputation for these cursed movies and famous legends.

Passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93 who died on Sept. 11 honored at the national memorial site in Pennsylvania.

The remains of a megalithic monument, the Dolmen of Guadalperal, have resurfaced in Spain.

People all over the world are performing music from their balconies and windows as a sign of hope during the coronavirus quarantine.

During coronavirus, many are looking to Anne Frank's diary to learn from her messages of resilience and hope.

Herpers are people who search for chameleons at night and remove the invasive species from the wild. What happens next, though, is controversial.

Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th U.S. president, had a menagerie that included everything from dogs and bears to rodents and a one-legged rooster.

It's possible to unspoil a spoiled child, but it's not an easy process. A psychologist offers five ways to try to do it.

National Geographic's Travel Photographer of the Year contest winners show the power of nature, the beauty of cities and the strength of humanity.

"The Living Forest" by photographer Robert Llewellyn and scientist Joan Maloof drops you into a forest and encourages you to really notice its life.

billy barr spent the last 40 years living alone in a cabin in Gothic, Colorado, and collecting meticulous weather data about temperatures, snowfall and more.

The LA County Fair has held a tablescaping competition since the 1930s, and it's so popular that they have to turn contestants away each year.

Each year during the Ocean Conservancy's International Coastal Cleanup, thousands of people remove trash from local waterways.

The truth is that crop circles are more art than alien. Still, it's fun to suspend your disbelief, if just for a second.

You may think you like spending time alone, but these deserted roads stretch for hundreds of miles through remote areas with nary another human around.

In the 1930s, the National Park Service created master plans for each U.S. national park that showed and explained the vision for development of each park.

Studies show we emit chemicals that communicate emotion, and whether we realize it or not, our brain responds to fear alarms.

A spectacular scene unfolds every year in Chiang Mai, Thailand, when thousands of candle-lit paper lanterns are released into the sky and Ping River.

The winners of Nikon's 43rd annual Small World Photomicrography Competition will make you wish you paid more attention in science class.

Only 2 percent of the population has this uniquely useful ability.

The Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in California is ablaze with colorful wildflower blooms.

A new study finds Hawaii is home to "super corals" that were nearly destroyed 30 years ago but have rebounded despite warmer, more acidic water.

A ghost forest occurs when sea levels rise and flood healthy coastal forests with saltwater, killing the trees. Plus, 5 ghost forests in the U.S.

Sweden has a floating library — the bokbåten — that brings thousands of books to people on dozens of remote islands in the Stockholm archipelago twice a year.

The Great Green Wall is rooted in Africa's Sahel region on the southern border of the Sahara. Once completed, it will be the largest living structure on Earth.