One survey found that December (19%) and January (23%) are the months when people most often lie to their boss about why they need to miss work. They do so primarily to rest and chill out (50%), spend ...

All around you, animals are building, burrowing or stealing dwellings for themselves and their families. For others, home is ...

If you're not a fan of these buzzy insects, there are things you can do to make your yard less hospitable. Mosquitoes may be among the most dangerous insects to humans, but most people fear wasps a ...

This story appears in the March 2020 issue of National Geographic magazine. Studying elusive fish that dwell in dark mud chambers is no easy feat. Thus the science of the many species of mudskippers ...