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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

The insects from this group were last seen in 2008 and will appear across the eastern U.S. for a brief, dramatic frenzy of ...

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

Painted around 1510, the mysterious altarpiece by an unknown artist features unusual details, including a slobbering dragon ...

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