Explorers
Enslaved Tour Guide Stephen Bishop Made Mammoth Cave the Must-See Destination It Is Today
In the 1830s and '40s, the pioneering spelunker mapped out many of the underground system's most popular spots
The 'Pole of Inaccessibility' Has Eluded Adventurers for More Than a Century
This winter, explorers will once again set out for the most remote part of the Arctic Ocean
Submersible Is First to Reach Bottom of Atlantic Ocean
U.S. equity-firm founder piloted the craft to the bottom of the Puerto Rico Trench, in a bid to reach the deepest spot in each of the world's oceans
Newly Discovered Cave Could Be Among Canada's Largest
The "Sarlacc Pit," as its been informally dubbed, was discovered last spring during a caribou survey in British Columbia's Wells Gray Provincial Park
The Strange Nature of the First Printed Illustration of a Sloth
As described by a 16th-century French missionary, the South American 'little bear' with the face of 'a baby' was introduced to Europe
Massive Shark Nursery Found Off the West Coast of Ireland
Thousands of eggs and hundreds of catsharks were spotted during a deep sea coral reef survey 200 miles west of the island
Kepler Space Telescope, Revealer of New Worlds, Officially Shuts Down After Historic Mission
Launched in 2009, Kepler discovered thousands of new exoplanets before finally running out of fuel earlier this month
Is This the Bag That Held Sir Walter Raleigh's Mummified Head?
Legend has it his wife retained his embalmed head. But while the sack dates to the correct era and was found in his son's home, scholars are not convinced
Lead Poisoning Wasn't a Major Factor in the Mysterious Demise of the Franklin Expedition
Researchers argue that lead exposure occurred prior to the start of the voyage, not during the stranded crew's battle for survival
Captain Cook’s 1768 Voyage to the South Pacific Included a Secret Mission
The explorer traveled to Tahiti under the auspices of science 250 years ago, but his secret orders were to continue Britain’s colonial project
After 100 Years, Roald Amundsen's Polar Ship Returns to Norway
<i>Maud</i>, which sunk in Arctic Canada in 1930, was floated across the Atlantic to its new home in a museum in Vollen
Remains of 14th-Century Village in New Zealand Tells Tales of Māori History
The excavation, which unearthed moa bones and stone tools, helps fill a gap for researchers
Colony of Beautiful, Doomed Purple Octopuses Found Off Costa Rica
Hundreds of unidentified cephalopods were found nursing their eggs near a deep-sea vent
Antarctic Research Ship to Search for Wreck of Shackleton's 'Endurance'
The ship sunk in pack ice in 1915, setting off one of exploration's most epic survival tales
Simulation Suggests Viking Sunstones of Legend Could Have Worked
If they existed, the crystals—used to locate the sun's position on cloudy days—could have helped Vikings sail to far away places
Tales of the Doomed Franklin Expedition Long Ignored the Inuit Side, But "The Terror" Flips the Script
The new AMC television show succeeds in being inclusive of indigenous culture
How a Team of Submersible-Bound Scientists Redefined Reef Ecosystems
In tropical Curaçao, Smithsonian researchers are constantly confronting the unknown
Elusive Deep-Sea Anglerfish Seen Mating for the First Time
The male clamps down onto his female partner, their tissue and circulatory systems fusing together for life
Wreck of U.S.S. Juneau Discovered in the Solomon Islands
The ship was known as the grave of the five Sullivan Brothers who died aboard it during the Battle of Guadalcanal
York Explored the West With Lewis and Clark, but His Freedom Wouldn't Come Until Decades Later
In some ways, he encountered a world unavailable to the enslaved. But in others, the journey was rife with danger and degradation
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