Two in half a million: Bobbi Kelly and Nick Ercoline greet the dawn on August 17, 1969. Burk Uzzle On August 15, 1969, Nick Ercoline was tending Dino's bar in Middletown, New York, while his ...

In the wake of the Brexit vote and the election of President Trump, the experts and commentators whose ideas shape the ideas of others have tried to pinpoint the cause of the populist fervor that ...

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 ...

Something was wrong with the squirrels of Appalachia. It was the fall of 1968, and they appeared to be making a sudden pilgrimage: attempting improbable swims across lakes, sprinting over ...

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 ...

Tikal’s great plaza, at the heart of what was one of the most powerful city-states in the Americas, is surrounded by monumental structures: the stepped terraces of the North Acropolis, festooned ...