A maximum of 20,000 people will be allowed to enter each day in an effort to protect the historic site in Italy, where ...

Egyptologist Huub Pragt and Smithsonian Journeys traveler Kellie Mecham share first impressions from their visit to the ...

Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood" documented the killings of a family of four in rural Kansas on this day in 1959 ...

Roughly 1.77-million-year-old teeth show that slow development in hominids may have had an earlier start than previously ...

To raise awareness for a charity event, aspiring engineers planted six UFOs across southern England on a single day in 1967 ...

Researchers have excavated King Arthur's Hall, a rectangular enclosure in southwest England, and determined that it dates to ...

A new exhibition spotlights a trio who pushed the boundaries of American art and illustrated the experiences of World War II ...

The third largest U.S. state, California is No. 1 when it comes to giant redwood and sequoia trees, the Pacific Ocean and ...

After the volcanic eruption of 1980, scientists released the burrowing rodents for only a brief time, but their activities ...

The enormous organism is bigger than a blue whale and made up of millions of genetically identical, tiny animals called ...

The USS "Edsall," a 314-foot-long destroyer, fought off Japanese forces for more than an hour before sinking beneath the ...

November's spectacle closes out a series of four big and bright full moons that have captivated sky watchers since late ...