Shark attacks increased around the world in 2021 following three consecutive years of decline, though beach closures in 2020 caused by the COVID-19 pandemic could be making the numbers seem more ...

A look at the movements that defined 2021 in the art world, and how they may evolve in the year ahead. Installation view of "Frida: La Experiencia Immersiva." Photo by Claudio Cruz/AFP via Getty ...

From Brady and the Bucs to the Tokyo Olympics, it was a year to remember. As athletes returned to the playing field and fans returned to the stands, there was some level of normalcy in the sports ...

Carbon emissions from wildfires broke records around the world this summer, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service. Parts of Siberia produced their highest ...

Los Angeles International Airport was the fifth-busiest airport in the world in 2021, the airport announced Monday, based on preliminary figures released by the Airports Council International World.

From uneven economic recovery to unequal access to vaccines; from widening income losses to divergence in learning, COVID-19 has had a disproportionate impact on the poor and vulnerable in 2021. It is ...

A lot happened in 2021. Some of it broke world records, inspired creativity and revealed wonder. Guinness World Records told USA TODAY as of September 2021 there were 58,000 verified entries this year ...

Today NASA and NOAA dropped their annual analysis of global temperatures: Last year was tied with 2018 as the sixth-hottest ever, but cooler than 2020. A good sign, right? Yeah, no. Not in the least. ...

It’s been another great year for billionaires. After a stellar 2020, when the super-rich added some $1.9 trillion to their collective wealth, the party continued in 2021: the 2,600-plus billionaires ...