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Archaeologists discovered a ram-headed sphinx dating back some 3,700 years at a famous site in Egypt.

What's the largest spider? The fastest? The weirdest? This list has all of your arachnid records covered.

It is not the widest nor longest nor deepest canyon in the world, but the Grand Canyon of northern Arizona is certainly one of the most impressive and most visited natural wonders found on the planet

Gaping depressions have been discovered lurking beneath the Greenland ice sheet. They are likely meteor impact craters.

Here's a look at the finalists for a Sony photo contest.

Elf owls, with their big yellow eyes and tiny bodies, are totally adorable.

Photos of the amazing stone structures, dating back thousands of years, that were discovered in the Western Sahara.

Medieval Africa was home to the world's richest man – maybe ever.

As the ice caps on Baffin Island shrink, the landscape beneath is seeing the light of day for the first time in perhaps 120,000 years. Here’s a look at the stark and humbling beauty.

Rare and amazing sea creatures delight in underwater photographs.

Solid and liquid waste have an unexpectedly wide range of useful applications.

Check out these amazing shots of the best total lunar eclipse for years.

The world's rivers flow like so many rainbows in a map by Hungarian cartographer Robert Szucs.

What's the deal, Antarctica?

Animals can get really weird. Here are our favorite examples from 2018.

This past year, engineers launched many oddities into space, including a Tesla Roadster, a gold-plated canopic jar and a cosmic disco ball.

2018 was rough. You've earned a little cuteness, don't you think?

Nature. Is. METAL.

As 2018 draws to a close, we look back at some of the record-breaking discoveries of the year.