Endangered whooping cranes bred in captivity must be taught to fly south. Once the birds learn the route from Wisconsin to Florida, they remember it.

King Tut's mummy was moved to a high-tech glass case on November 4, 2007, the first time the famous pharaoh has ever been publicly displayed.

A flatbed trailer hauled a medieval church to its new home in eastern Germany. The technically ambitious move has cleared the original site for mining.

Which island destinations are succumbing to tourism overkill, and which are wearing well? Experts weighed in on 111 hot spots for a new survey.

Sorry, Da Vinci Code buffs—still no whiskers to be found on the Apostle John (Mary Magalene?), even in the hair-raisingly precise 16-billion-pixel image.

Astronauts install a solar panel on the International Space Station and consider extending their mission.

Japan's young and old dress up and decorate for Halloween. Retailers order their Halloween supplies months in advance.

Ghosts are said to haunt a centuries-old South African castle fortification. The military still uses the structure, which is now open to the public.

Astronauts enter a new module they have attached to the International Space Station. They conduct a second space walk and plan for a third.

The space shuttle Discovery launched Tuesday from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a mission to expand the International Space Station.

Knights Templar secrets revealed, Muslims observe Eid-al-Fitr, Thai vegetarian festival, more.

Thailand's ethnic Chinese minority pays tribute to their ancient gods with a colorful festival featuring coal walkers, body piercings, and vegetarian food.

Gypsy (Roma) teens near Prague learn hip hop as a means of communicating their frustrations with Czech society.

Spanish authorities released the captain of a U.S.-based treasure hunting ship after detaining him overnight. In dispute is a sunken treasure—from a shipwreck dubbed the "Black Swan"—worth an estimated 500 million U.S. dollars.

A warmer climate in Greenland has opened up new possibilities for economic development, but it may have negative effects on the island's native people, WWF says.