Watching razor-equipped roosters slash each other to death is still legal in Louisiana, but the U.S. state looks likely to join all 49 others in banning the practice.

National Geographic photographer Bobby Model, 34, is fighting for life in South Africa after a chunk of concrete smashed into a pickup he was riding in.

This week: A wine-soaked bull stampedes in Portugal, an owl interrupts Finnish soccer, London's whales get a spring cleaning, and more.

The well-preserved mummy known as Oetzi died from an arterial lesion inflicted by an arrow in his back, modern medical technology suggests.

I, Clawdius? Crabs thrive in the heart of Italy's ancient capital. And they may have been there longer than the Eternal City itself, scientists are now discovering.

Polynesians, who first colonized much of the Pacific, brought chickens to South America by the early 1400s—about a century before Columbus arrived.

The International Whaling Commission has approved hunting extensions for native groups in the U.S., Russia, and the Caribbean, but a proposed expansion in Greenland remains problematic.

Two genes that are still evolving in humans might have subtle effects on people's abilities to learn different types of languages, according to new research.

A chieftain buried in a 1,400-year-old Chinese tomb was found to be of European descent, marking the easternmost spot where his ancient lineage has ever been found.

New tree ring data add to evidence that the region has experienced 60-year megadroughts in the past, suggesting the current dry spell could be the start of another Big One.

An orangutan rampaged at a zoo already infamous for a croc attack, Mars came into sharp focus, rare white lions roared into the spotlight, and more.

Caitlin Snaring, 14, captured the top prize at the 2007 annual National Geographic Bee. The eighth grader is the second girl since 1990 to win the title.

A comet exploded over North America about 13,000 years ago, causing massive mammal die-offs and the demise of one of the earliest American cultures, according to a controversial new theory.

An abrupt change in weather 700 years ago may have forced people on the Tibetan plateau to abandon their farms and reorganize their society, an anthropologist says.

The unusual burial site of an elite member of Copán is revealing the influential Mayan city's surprisingly complex culture, politics, and trade network.