The HMS Beagle landed at Port Desire, in Patagonia, on December 23, 1833, and anchored in front of an old Spanish settlement. Cambridge University Library Here Conrad Martens depicts Guanaco ...

Invasive northern snakeheads can “walk” on land, breathe air and survive out of water for several days, and they also compete with native species in waterways ...

"Young Lion Resting" is among dozens of Dutch Golden Age artworks from the Leiden Collection that are now on view at the ...

Historians think the 2,000-year-old device was used to predict the positions of celestial bodies. A new digital simulation ...

Two hundred and fifty years ago this month, silversmith Paul Revere took to his horse on a midnight ride to warn American ...

In 7 B.C., at a point along the Via Aurelia, the Romans erected a monument to the emperor Augustus. Clay McLachlan At first glance, it didn't appear that impressive: a worn limestone pillar, six ...

Disco music’s time in the sun may have passed, but the legacy of "The Hustle," a mega hit in the genre, lives on ...

The company’s ambitious new Sunbird design aims to harness nuclear fusion in space, despite the fact that commercializing ...

For nearly 100 years, die-hards have been saying goodbye to winter by speeding down the slopes and water skiing over massive ...

Arriving in Hollywood brought her a new name (Lamarr was originally Kiesler), fame, multiple marriages and divorces and a foray into groundbreaking work as a producer, before she eventually became ...

A preliminary study traces an mpox outbreak in a group of Ivory Coast monkeys to the fire-footed squirrel, indicating the ...

Revere, who was later immortalized in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s famous poem, was one of many riders who rode through the ...