New York Times

Bats and frogs and salamanders have all been hit hard by white nose syndrome and chytrid fungi. Now scientists are warning that snakes worldwide are at risk from a new fungal disease.

The settlement was described in a lawsuit filed by Maroney against the U.S. Olympic Committee, USA Gymnastics and Michigan State.

Young people who have grown up knowing only an open internet organized rallies, streamed the F.C.C. vote in class — and say they plan to keep fighting.

Our correspondent, who reported for The Boston Globe from Rome during the “Spotlight” series, reflects on the disgraced archbishop.

The latest entry in this movie series fares best when its director treats it as a fantastical buddy comedy.

The revelation that a passenger train was speeding before a fatal crash in Washington State has once again focused attention on technology that can automatically slow trains.

Paul Ryan gets what he wanted.

Climate change may be enabling beavers to move deeper into the Arctic. And as they move, they magnify climate change’s effects.

His stature as archbishop of Boston and America’s senior Roman Catholic prelate was shattered by revelations that he had protected child molesters for years.

A collection from Kristen Roupenian, whose debut story in The New Yorker became the magazine’s second most-read article of the year, will be published by Scout Press in 2019.

The scientific start of winter offers a moment to reflect on how we might not be here to witness the changing seasons without Earth’s particular tilt toward the sun.

The administration says its tougher stand on visa and green card applications will protect Americans from terrorism and job loss, but some call it arbitrary.

Our judges find themselves in the ghastly business of the minute machinery of death — how we prick and poke, slice and cut, and poison the condemned.

Video games are facing a fight for attention. So game studios are turning to film and television writers to help craft narratives for their titles.

“The Varieties of Religious Experience” is a generous and endlessly insightful book about human nature.

Sanctions could be a sign the Trump administration is heightening pressure on some Russians despite a more accommodating tone with President Vladimir V. Putin.

Charlotte Jones Anderson, chief brand officer for “America’s Team,” talks concussions, taking a knee and being a woman in the National Football League.

Hurricanes, immigration, jobs and hate crimes. Here are the stories that got Americans talking in 2017.

Incredible comebacks, unbelievable shots and memorable performances in 2017.

Not surprisingly, the articles that resonated most with our readers this year concerned politics.