Humans have spent centuries shaping the world. But nature wouldn’t hesitate to take over if we suddenly disappeared.

Telluride is not on my annual festival calendar—too distant, too costly—and rarely I’m at Toronto, only with a film. So as a ...

In the medieval legend of Hamelin, a town plagued by rats turns to a mysterious Piper. With a melodious tune, he lures the ...

After the deaths of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, legal experts explain how the “slayer rule” can block a killer from inheriting—and what could happen next in probate court.

A newly described fossil snake from India is forcing scientists to redraw the record books on reptile gigantism, with some ...