Nearly nine feet long (2.7 meters) and as big as a grizzly bear, a huge catfish caught in northern Thailand may be the largest freshwater fish ever recorded.

Two shark attacks in three days along Florida beaches have left one teen dead and a second seriously injured. The tragedies spotlight the real, though rare, danger of shark attacks.

The best national parks, as selected by 300 specialists, get their due in a new survey in Traveler magazine.

The beer and bonfires of the Midsummer Festival are part of an ancient tradition of partying on the solstice.

The earthquake- and tsunami-battered region of Sumatra, Indonesia, is at risk for more temblors and killer waves, scientists warned today.

Wolves and moose on a Lake Superior island are locked in a system of abundance and decline. Now experts are uncovering the role of ticks in this interplay.

A hometown favorite beat the competition in the freestyle full beard category to take gold at the Beard Olympics in Leogang, Austria.

As peak tourist season draws near in Australia's Kakadu National Park, rangers are busy "managing" the preserve's 7,000 resident crocodiles.

It smells like a rotten egg, grows only in the wild, and costs a small fortune. Dogs have been kidnapped—and ransoms paid—because of Italy's prized white truffle.

A new family of mammals has been found roasted at a market in Laos. The specimens look like "spineless porcupines," one expert says.

A new study shows how genes can help reveal how societal rules affect mobility.

If Indonesia's tsunami survivors don't get lumber donations for reconstruction soon, they may devastate their own forests, environmentalists warned today.

National Geographic has launched the Genographic Project, which will use DNA to trace how human populations dispersed from Africa to the rest of the world.

A fatal cancer of uncertain origin is killing Tasmanian devils, raising fears that the marsupials may soon become endangered.

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