A Paiute man had a vision: A ritual dance would reunite his people with their dead. The Ghost Dance swept across other North American tribes, until fear and violence brought it to a tragic end. HEARD ...

The director and writer tries to sleep in when he’s not on location in Angola, Antarctica or the Amazon.

Dark, dense and enormous, the forest faces down the ocean. Trees stretch out across the water, limbs straining against the surf bursting into lace along the shore — as if intent on marching out across ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Príncipe is a Unesco Biosphere Reserve and one of the most environmentally protected islands on the planet. Photograph by ...

National Theatre director Indhu Rubasingham talks expanding the NT's India footprint, courting Bollywood talent, and ...

Olivier Award winner Hiran Abeysekera will play Mowgli in a new stage adaptation of 'The Jungle Book' at London's National Theatre.

Humans really do rule the world. We took over fast and far, more than any other wild vertebrates. We inhabit nearly every ...

This Pew Research Center report looks at what makes people feel proud of their country. We asked an open-ended question allowing people in 25 countries to share, in their own words, what makes them ...

Paradise, we’re often told, is a tropical island: cerulean waters lapping alabaster sands and chic beach bars shaded by palms. Destinations like Hawaii, Mauritius and the Maldives have long defined ...

Growing research suggests the bacteria left behind by the common childhood infection may trick the immune system into attacking both the invader and the body's own cells. Colored scanning electron ...

It’s said that life is a dance with death — but what about sitting down for a coffee with the Grim Reaper? Enter the cemetery cafe. Offering patrons the rare opportunity to sip flat whites in the ...

Somewhere in Michigan, 10,000 silkworms are spinning the future of supermaterials. They labor in the thick air of a warm, humid warehouse, pulling a sticky white strand from a gland in their face and ...