On February 17, 1936, construction workers were tasked with removing wooden scaffolding, working from a temporary catwalk.

Northup’s memoir told the story of his kidnapping and years of enslavement in Louisiana. The book became a national best ...

Smithsonian paleoanthropologists explore how the year brought us closer to understanding ancient human relatives and origins ...

Descendants of people enslaved at the site are grappling with its complicated history while also honoring the region's rich ...

One of the smallest owls in North America, the northern saw-whet lives among us and is rarely seen—but one volunteer science ...

Harriet Bell Hayden is believed to have helped hundreds of people fleeing slavery from her Beacon Hill residence ...

The young female made her public debut this week, and the Metro Richmond Zoo is asking fans to vote on her name—a choice ...

Presented like pieces of fine art, the peculiar presents are mounted on the walls of a gallery in Toronto. Many of them will ...

In addition to the 1,800-year-old piece of engraved jewelry, archaeologists discovered a trove of Carolingian coins, medieval pottery and more ...

The eighth president of the United States, the so-called little magician, saw political parties as the key to achieving power ...

From indestructible tardigrades to body-merging comb jellies, animals can teach humans so much about medicine, robotics, ...

Nonetheless, Eisenhower signed legislation making Alaska a state on July 7, 1958. On January 3, 1959, Alaska was officially ...