When Björk showed up to the 2001 Academy Awards wearing a dress that looked as if a swan were draped around her neck, the singer became the first word in red-carpet ridicule. Now, the most ...

A black swan event is an outlier event with far-reaching consequences, like the 9/11 terrorist attacks or the COVID-19 pandemic.

Three teenagers from suburban Syracuse have been accused of killing a beloved swan named Faye in a pond in Manlius, New York, and then cooking and eating her, allegedly thinking she was a large duck.