Back in the days of the Old West, saloons were important social and economic spots for cowboys, town folk, and miners to gather for a friendly game of ...

José Albino Cañas Ramírez did not die in a war zone, though war had shaped the landscape where he lived. He was shot at his home in the community of Portachuelo, in Colombia’s Caldas department, on ...

In this episode, we rank the largest land mammals to have ever existed using estimated maximum weights, comparing each giant to modern animals to keep the scale clear. We travel from Australia’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute's new Asian elephant calf has a name! Linh Mai [LIN-my] edged ...

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo announced Friday that its less than 2-week-old female Asian elephant has been named Linh Mai, Vietnamese for spirit blossom. The 308-pound calf was the first elephant ...

Archaeologists say a 2,200-year-old specimen is the first direct evidence of how the Carthaginian war machine used the giant mammals in the Punic Wars. By Franz Lidz A 2,200-year-old bone unearthed ...

The idea of a safari had always topped my bucket list. I was drawn in by the unpredictable nature, the diverse landscape and of course, the animals. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be ...

There are about 1,000 tiny hairs on an elephant’s rugged trunk, all designed to help the animal feel, a new study found. By Alexa Robles-Gil Every elephant has about 1,000 whiskers on its trunk. They ...

A pale body half-submerged in dark water, eyelids slack, body motionless. Visitors tended to arrive at “the Swamp”—a live ...

The Black Keys are coming to Central New York on their 2026 tour dates. The acclaimed rock band will perform at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino Event Center in Verona, N.Y., on Saturday, Oct. 10.