From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Imagine you're in southeast Cape York Peninsula, heading north from the tiny town of Laura—population 133. You're in a dusty four-wheel drive, bumping over a rough gravel road to a remote location ...

Aquaculture—the farming of fish and other aquatic organisms—is the world's fastest-growing food production system. The sharpest growth in aquaculture is happening in Africa. Average annual growth ...

In a study appearing in Fossil Record, researchers Martin Ebert and Martina Kölbl-Ebert analyzed the remains of a unique fossil type: the decapitated head of Aspidorhynchus, with its gastrointestinal ...

In the 1970s, women were not represented at all in the art world. The Philadelphia art show 'Focus' tried changing that. Miss Liberty (1980), a seminal work by Robert Colescott (1925-2009), achieved ...

It's been a dream of mine to drive the Western Australian coastline since I was a teenager: to experience the scorching heat ...

Red dot sights have proliferated into every corner of the firearms world in recent years and, today, they are better than ever. These non-magnified optics, which use a battery to project a luminous ...

Founded in 1967, the Dowd Gallery presents up to seven exhibitions each year featuring work primarily by nationally and internationally acclaimed contemporary artists and maintains a permanent ...

A new exhibition at the Library of Congress highlights female artists and their contributions to comic strips, magazine covers and political cartoons ...

As global demand for seafood continues to rise, aquaculture—the farming of fish and shellfish—has become an essential part of the food system. It’s become even more important as wild fish stocks are ...

Christi Belcourt, a Metis and First Nations of Canada artist, was born in 1968 in Scarborough, Ontario. She now lives in Lac ...