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

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

The two vessels had been trafficking hundreds of enslaved Africans when a navigational error led them astray. They sank off the coast of Costa Rica in the 18th century ...

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

Local birding expert David Sonneborn took me out birding a couple of times, and we managed to see Hudsonian Godwits in the ...

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

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

Researchers suggest powerful bursts from magnetars—collapsed stars with strong magnetic fields—may have contributed up to 10 ...

Prior to his final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, the French ruler gave the saber to one of his most trusted generals, ...

A new exhibition celebrates the often-overlooked endpapers of more than 50 works of children's literature ranging from the ...

A new analysis of wild gorillas in Rwanda indicates the effects of different social styles are dependent on context ...

Zoo officials are looking for experts to help preserve and digitize the decaying film canisters, which date to between the ...