From swimming faster than Olympic athletes to proposing with pebbles, penguins are full of surprising and lovable traits. Celebrate World Penguin Day by discovering 10 fun facts that prove why these ...

Get your environmentally-conscious message out there and show your support for Earth Day by posting an educational video on ...

Electric lights were available in the US since the 1880s, but were not common until half a century later, which is why the ...

Peter's Square for his weekly audience on March 20, 2024 in Vatican City, Vatican. Photo by Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images There were nearly 40 popes who were considered to be ...

Ever fly close to the storm and worry about that flash outside your window? Well, it’s just another day in the sky for pilots. Commercial aircraft get zapped by lightning once or twice a year ...

More fresh fun facts coming your way. For the past couple of days, we’ve presented readers with 50 fun facts about the Grand Prix of Long Beach in honor of the iconic race’s 50th anniversary.

Cape mountain zebra. Image via Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons ...

Welcome to Animals that Start with N. There are many exciting animals whose names begin with the letter N. We’ve compiled a detailed list of these animals, including mind-blowing facts, scientific ...

And then there’s the matter of his sense of humor—although he usually avoided writing humorous pieces, a credible number of his contemporaries swore that he was witty, slightly mischievous, and ...

From pets and pirouettes to basketball and a birthday, here are some of the Globe’s other top photos from last month, as chosen by our photo editors. Erin Clark attended Dorothy Burnham’s ...