A 12-year-old North Carolina boy on vacation with his family found a 5.16-carat diamond at Arkansas' Crater of Diamonds State Park, the only diamond-producing site in the world open to the public.
Astronomers discovered a strange new type of star covered in the by-product of helium burning. It may have been formed by a stellar merger event.
In the church of St John the Baptist in Coventry, England, romantics over Valentine's Day weekend have been flocking to see actual finger of St. Valentine.
Diagnosed with cystic fibrosis as a baby, Ben Mudge says a new medication, Kaftrio, has helped him laugh and breathe normally for first time.
Meet the 'Lovers from Lover' in the pretty town of Wiltshire in England-people come from all over to send postcards from here for Valentine's Day.
A research team at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has identified a new way to convert ammonia to nitrogen gas—it could be a fuel replacement.
The average American has made five new online friendships through playing video games over the last 18 months, according to a new poll.
How Andean Condors in Peru saved the California condor from extinction, in a re-print from Mongabay here's that story.
The caring moment a chimpanzee mom applies an Insect to her son's wound can be seen in this sweet video from Cell Press. Watch it here.
PG&E and Save the Redwoods League donated 523 acres of coastal redwoods to the InterTribal Sinkyone people to protect the Mendocino forests.
The unique way that ground squirrels burn almost no energy when they hibernate – with no loss of muscle mass – has implications for space travel
Esther Peí±arrubia is a mom of four living in Barcelona, Spain who is living a zero-waste lifestyle such that they go weeks without making any trash.