Pirates attacked the Portuguese warship, named the "Nossa Senhora do Cabo," and made off with many of the treasures the ship ...

Two meteorites found in the Sahara show tantalizing similarities to the innermost planet, and while researchers say they are ...

The symbolic artifact, which has been used for centuries during the coronations of Scottish and English monarchs, is on display at the Perth Museum ...

Neanderthals in two nearby caves used different techniques when butchering animal carcasses in what is now Israel, according to a new paper ...

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Behind the scenes, Smithsonian care teams welcomed four animal babies from three imperiled species: Hartmann’s mountain zebra ...

A Nazi captain gave artwork, which depicts an intimate Roman romance, to a civilian. When he died, his heirs decided to ...

Paleontologists have discovered what appears to be one of the largest dinosaur courtship arenas in the world, just 15 miles ...

People living in British America and later the nascent United States recorded their family histories in needlework samplers, ...

Opossums and ocelots appear to team up on Amazonian nights, trekking through the rainforest together, according to videos ...

The medieval writer made puzzling references to a story called "The Song of Wade," which has been lost to history. Only a few ...

Two new papers analyze fossils found in Canada and Kenya, respectively—vastly different environments for the preservation of ...