Learn about the origin of April Fools' Day—a yearly ritual for pranksters to try out their best jokes—and how reality-based humor may get the last laugh.

See a giant squid glossily preserved, the world's tallest man getting a break, northern lights glowing green over the Arctic, and more.

Egypt's City of the Dead is one of the country's largest cemeteries, dating back to the 14th century. As Cairo's population swells, the graveyard provides cheap and even free housing.

A suspicious package in the bus's cargo hold turned out to contain a massive lower jawbone that likely belonged to an elephant-like animal.

A U.S. company unveiled its two-seat ship for space tourists, Lynx, on Wednesday. It plans to begin test flights in 2010.

For an odd-looking, big-nosed antelope on the steppes of Central Asia, the threat of extinction is just a whiff away, scientists say.

Manga, the Japanese style of comic books, has been used to create a new interpretation of the Bible.

The world's tallest man, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, is Ukrainian Leonid Stadnyk, who measures 8 feet, 5 inches (2.5 meters) tall.

The snake charmers of Morocco's Jemaa el Fna Square in Marrakech are legendary among tourists, but they are under criticism for using snakes from the wild that are dwindling in number.

An Australian entrepreneur hopes to open a Stonehenge replica by the December 21 solstice, just in time for New Age revelers.

An annual ritual in the Philippines, Asia's largest predominantly Roman Catholic country, features self-flagellations and temporary crucifixions complete with nails hammered into hands and feet.

A 70-year-old tortoise gives birth, a sandstorm blankets Beijing, Indians celebrate spring in living color, and more.

Art comes "alive" in a South Korean hologram exhibit that includes 3-D animations of da Vinci's "Last Supper" and "Mona Lisa," the Associated Press reports.

A season of wacky winter weather, from snow in China to balmy beach temperatures in Britain, has little to do with global warming, experts say.

Tamales made from the eggs of threatened spinytail iguanas are an Easter tradition in parts of Mexico. Conservationists try to keep up the wild populations.