The introduction of the electric refrigerator in 1929 spelled the end of most annual ice harvests, but not all—as a town in upstate New York demonstrates each year.

Since making Titanic, director James Cameron has hardly left the ocean floor. So what is the self-described science groupie looking for?

Medieval manuscripts "behave" like organisms, concludes one researcher who applied population biology theory to calculate the survival rate of ancient texts.

Young Eskimos are planning a trip to the outside world they know only from TV. "This place is dead," says one—and a way of life may be dying with it.

The European Union government now has 20 official languages, and its annual translation costs are set to rise to 1.3 billion dollars (U.S.). Is the body becoming burdened by multilingualism?

Meat-eating is why our teeth grow crooked, why our jaws are small, and why we're relatively good at processing cholesterol, research shows.

When the doors close to the media, White House photographer Eric Draper remains on the inside.

This Black History Month we examine the current candlepower of the book that helped ignite the Civil War. Is its influence still incendiary—or burned out?

When a boy's torso was found in London, police had no idea who he was or why he was killed. Forensic science, though, uncovered clues to his macabre murder.

In February 2005, National Geographic News reported that disappearing marshlands were making the U.S. Gulf Coast vulnerable to flooding and severe hurricane damage.

Climate change, sprawl, and alien-species invasion are threatening South Africa's fynbos, the main vegetation type of the smallest, yet richest, of the world's six floral kingdoms.

Israeli scientists have developed a test that they say can measure brain waves to objectively determine the level of a person's sexual desire.

The rural Louisiana version of Mardi Gras is becoming known for its often comedic, chaotic, and beer-fueled chicken chases.

The reggae icon and Rastafarian would have been 60 this Sunday. Fans are thronging celebrations in Ethiopia, seen as a sort of Rastafarian holy land.

Today conservationists named nine new areas of mind-boggling species richness that are under assault from human activity.