What is the purpose of a leap year? Leap years exist because while the world follows a 365-day Gregorian calendar, it actually takes the planet a little bit more than a year to orbit the sun.

Leap years come around every four years to keep our calendar in sync with the Earth's orbit. 2024, 2028 and 2032 will all be leap years.

Wondering why February is so short? What's a leap year or when? Here's why leap year is every four years and when's the next one.

Leap day is a day added to the end of February approximately every four years to keep the calendar consistent.

Leap day is February 29. Here's why we get an extra day this year and why we have a leap year (almost) every four years.

A-hed Leap-Year Babies Fight a Lonely, Quadrennial Fight for Recognition Those born on Feb. 29 just want to be acknowledged by DMVs, retailers and others whose computers don’t recognize their ...

Alex’s previous Leap Year birthdays haven’t been a big deal, although she celebrated her third Leap Year birthday luau-style, inviting her whole sixth-grade class.

Leap years come along every four years, but why exactly do they happen and what does that mean if you're legally born on February 29?

There’s not a lot of Leap Day-centric entertainment. The market for things commemorating a date that only occurs once every four years is pretty limited, after all.

Birthdays are a day unique to each individual to commemorate the day they were born. With this being said, there is one date in the calendar that is not celebrated once a year, each year. 1 in ...

Mary Lea Forsythe of Oklahoma celebrated her birthday on her actual birthday, Feb. 29, which fell on Leap Day this year. She turned 100 years old and was surrounded by loved ones.

With its ties to religion, Leap Year combines astronomical and faith-based history.