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

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

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 ...

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

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

Bruce M. Beehler. BRUCE M. BEEHLER is an ornithologist, naturalist, conservationist, lecturer, and author of nature books ...

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

Ginevra de' Benci was a poet famed for her beauty and intellect. But art historians know little about her beyond the writings ...

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

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

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