CNN – Offbeat

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — The snowcapped peak of Mount Rainier, which towers 4.3 kilometers (2.7 miles) above sea level in Washington state,…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — About 67 million years ago, two dinosaurs faced off in a showdown in what’s now Montana before being buried…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Jupiter’s iconic Great Red Spot is a massive storm that has swirled within the atmosphere of the largest…

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of monumental stone heads dot the coastline of the remote Pacific island of Rapa Nui, or Easter Island.…

By Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — Same-sex sexual behavior has been observed in more than 1,500 animal species, but a new study has found that it is…

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — A 3,300-year-old ship has been discovered at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, making it one of the…

By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Despite its name, June’s full moon will not look like a strawberry. But the bright orb could still turn heads…

By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — For more than a year, visitors at the Museum of Evolution in Maribo, Denmark, have been in for a treat: admiring…

By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — The world consumed record amounts of oil, coal and gas last year, pushing planet-heating carbon pollution to a…

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft was set to mark its crowning achievement this month: Ferrying two NASA…

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Democrats and Republicans in a bitterly divided Congress can agree on one thing: the US needs more nuclear to…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers are witnessing a never-before-seen spectacle in the cosmos: the awakening of a supermassive black…

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A 2,000-year-old Roman funerary urn unearthed in southern Spain has been shown to contain the oldest wine ever found…

By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Scientists have discovered a 246 million-year-old marine reptile fossil, the oldest of its kind to be found in…

By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — It was a shock when Michael Mosley, a doctor and well-known TV presenter in the UK, was found dead earlier this…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The Voyager 1 spacecraft is sending back a steady stream of scientific data from uncharted territory for the…

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Two veteran astronauts will extend their stay on the International Space Station as teams on the ground work to…

By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — For about 50 years, the scientific community has been grappling with a substantial problem: There isn’t enough…

By Laura Paddison and Fidel Gutiérrez, CNN (CNN) — Tensions are rising in a border dispute between the United States and Mexico. But this…