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Jeff Vandermeer's new novel, set on a far-future, post-apocalyptic earth, follows a trio of only vaguely human astronauts through a shifting, allegorical story that jumps back and forth across time.

Steven T. Seagle's new graphic novel, Genius, follows once-golden physicist Ted as he grapples with family troubles and malaise at work. Reviewer Glen Weldon says Genius is an "achingly felt portrait of man coming to terms with the role chance plays in human lives."

In real life, having a pet is hard work — they're messy, hard to train, and losing them can be heartbreaking. But in literature, as author Julia Stuart writes, animals are delightful. Is there a literary animal that you love? Tell us in the comments.

Flaco escaped from the Central Park Zoo in February and has stayed in the Central Park area since, until he was seen in the East Village on Monday. He faces new dangers outside of the park.

It started in the Eisenhower era: Every year, Wisdom, a Layan albatross, has returned to her nesting grounds on the Midway Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.

Crows in a lab were able to distinguish shapes that exhibited right angles, parallel lines, and symmetry, suggesting that, like humans, they have a special ability to perceive geometric regularity.

Albania braces for bigger protests as Jared Kushner-backed luxury resort sparks environmental outrage.

Sucker Punch's new samurai combat game gives players a gorgeous open world to explore, haikus to write and enemies to defeat — but the characters can be flat, leading to moments of dull gameplay.

Though best-known for his auteur work, the mastermind of Hamilton and In the Heights says it was his dream to be offered a part in someone else's musical.

Throwing thousands of baby puffins off a cliff is a yearly tradition for the people of Iceland's Westman Islands. It's part of what's known as "puffling season" and is a crucial life-saving endeavor.

The Stokes family in Waikato, New Zealand, created a garage band after Ryan Stokes taught his mother and father how to play instruments during the pandemic.

John Latimer's official weekly assessment of nature.

Combining the knowledge of a seasoned scientist and the skills of a good storyteller, the ecologist-author invites us to leave our cultural worlds and enter some animal ones to see just how they work.

A Gaza zoo owner is calling for help rescuing three lions left behind in Rafah, amid an Israeli offensive on Hamas in the city.

Game 4 of the WNBA Finals Friday night may mark the end of a historic season for the league, with records broken in TV ratings and attendance.

Lake Baiyangdian, a network of nearly 150 lakes that form North China's largest wetland ecosystem, has shrunk by one-third in recent years, and lost many of its plant and animal species. The government is trying to rescue what ecologists call "North China's kidney" before it runs dry.

Phenology is the biological nature of events as they relate to climate. Each week John Latimer takes a close look at the blooms and changes happening in…

The roots-rock band's fifth album doesn't deviate wildly from Heartless Bastards' wheelhouse, but it does give Erika Wennerstrom and company more room to roam.

Elon Musk is currently facing a $258 billion class-action federal lawsuit accusing him of engaging in a pyramid scheme for voicing his support for Dogecoin in several tweets.

Marcus Strickland wants us consider the miracle of life on Earth. At the Blue Note Jazz Club in NYC, watch the saxophonist uplift existence with his band Twi-Life.