Sixteen Tucson students participated in the state geography bee Friday for a chance to compete in the National Geographic Bee in May. Kelsey Schilperoort, an eighth-grade, home-school student from ...

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In winter, Japan’s northernmost main island Hokkaido is a place of snow-covered forests and white-crested volcanoes mirrored in glacial lakes. It’s also the land of the Ainu, an Indigenous people ...

Each year thousands of schools in the United States participate in the National Geographic Bee using materials prepared by the National Geographic Society. The contest is designed to encourage ...

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...

Wallace's giant bee, a colossal solitary insect from Indonesia, has been rediscovered after decades of absence. This ...

The dig might have uncovered some of the earliest victims of the Black Death, and other tantalizing clues about medieval life in the citadel. The Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula at the Tower of ...

Walking more is associated with reduced risk for dementia, diabetes, heart disease, and more—but a new study says you can get fewer than 10,000 steps a day and still see all those benefits. An ...

California National Guard personnel stand guard as protesters gather in front of the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building in Los Angeles in June 2025. A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Trump ...

Members of Congress urge Interior to halt National Park job cuts that harm safety. Lawmakers cite 24% staff losses and 40% rise in Yosemite search-and-rescue missions. They ask Interior to work with ...

WASHINGTON — A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine identifies the highest priority science objectives for the first human mission to Mars, and says searching ...

National Guard troops patrol downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025. A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying California National Guard soldiers in ...