An earthen enclosure called the Octagon is drawing much-deserved attention to the state’s history-filled mounds built some ...

When Robert Prevost was elected pope this week, he chose one of the most popular papal names. The lives of the Pope Leos who ...

Tim Friede has injected himself with snake venom hundreds of times, and subjected himself to more than 200 bites. Now, ...

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DuVernay is the first director, writer and producer to earn the honor, which recognizes "lifetime contributions embodying American ideas and ideals" ...

While scientists have observed animals assisting their relatives, a new study reveals that many superb starlings also form ...

For the study, researchers sequenced the DNA of 13 present-day members of the tribe. They compared that genetic material to ...

The founding of a research institute 100 years ago has helped to provide insight on Yiddish culture in the United States and ...

From a research submersible, scientists saw hardened lava, dead tube worms and orange flashes from an eruption in the East ...

Witold Pilecki smuggled reports about Germany's war crimes to the Allies, urging them to stop the atrocities at Auschwitz by ...

These spiny or slimy ocean creatures display an astonishing diversity of appearances, behaviors and lifestyles—and many are ...

The National Museum of Natural History contains the petrified remains of ancient trees that were once the centerpiece of a ...