From sea to shining sea, and everywhere in between, we compiled the most beautiful places across all 50 U.S. states—plus D.C.

It doesn’t matter where you live or where you’re going—there’s a stunning state park waiting to be explored. Evie Carrick is a writer and editor who’s lived in five countries and visited well over 50.

A Tyrannosaurus rex fossil discovered on a ranch in western South Dakota has sold for more than $50 million in an auction ...

The oldest thing I own is a shark tooth older than the last ice age. I found it with my bare hands, half buried in wet sand, and I gasped loud enough to startle a heron. That moment turned me into a ...

If you happen to be right-handed, you may be able to trace the origins of that trait to a wormlike animal that lived about 550 million years ago and had a tendency to bend to the right. Spriggina ...

Scientists propose that recently uncovered fossils may be the earliest evidence of behavioral “handedness” in animals. By Jack Tamisiea Are you right-handed? Roughly 90 percent of people are. But ...

In the late 1990s in the Ajimu region of Japan's Oita Prefecture, researchers discovered three fossilized vertebrae belonging to the Cryptobranchidae family of giant salamanders. These were embedded ...

A reconstruction of the Ajimu giant salamander, which is believed to have inhabited the lakes and marshes of the Ajimu region approximately 3.5 million years ago when its environment was warmer and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jul. 8—ARMOUR, S.D. — As children across South Dakota participate in the state library's 2026 "Unearth a Story" summer reading ...

Ohio authorities say they've solved a man's 1985 murder by reviewing old evidence, including items that were originally discovered behind a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Georgia. John Warren, a ...

Scientists have stumbled on a rare dinosaur fossil from Antarctica, tucked away for decades in a drawer. The bone comes from the tail of a long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur called a titanosaur.

HALIFAX, NC — Marty Richardson descended into the wooded grove, weaving through a crowd of onlookers attending a local America 250 celebration. When Richardson began to speak, the crowd went silent.