Focus on your breathing. This feels like training, except now real-life monsters lurk in the shadows. My heart thuds against my ribs. I force ...

The bite mark on his neck seared. He poked at it, the angry red, highlighted with a sickly green ring. The imprint almost looked ...

In 1859, Darwin introduced his theory of human evolution. He described “survival of the fittest” as the idea that those most adapted to their ...

With every ounce of energy, I force air into my burning lungs and dodge Asher’s final blow. Falling to the floor, I gasp for ...

Mother birds are among the most devoted caregivers in the animal world. They hide their eggs, search tirelessly for food, and stay alert to ...

September 1964: The mid-morning sun shone on the uniform lawns on Juniper Street. The area, in an affluent Sacramento suburb, was lined with brick ...

The Rabids have lost all humanity. Three of the four creatures slink silently about their prison cells, eyes darting this way and that, as ...

Not too long ago, the stars guided civilizations through the oceans and marked the optimal times to plant and harvest. People from all over ...

I can almost hear the trill of seagulls as I gaze at the mural on the wall across from my bunk. A calm ocean ...

In Egyptian mythology, Anubis was the jackal-headed god of the dead, who determined which souls could enter paradise and which were doomed to eternal ...