In stark black-and-white and stunning color, this year's winning photographs capture global events on a human scale ...

Inside the steeple of Old North Church and among the Southern Colonies, less familiar stories of the events from 250 years ...

The creatures cruised the world’s oceans with features we often associate with marine mammals, such as coats of blubber and ...

Chinese researchers analyzed the first-ever soil samples returned from the far side of the moon, but further samples will be ...

"The North Wind," painted while Emily and her sister Charlotte were studying in Belgium, is now heading to the Brontë family ...

Most of what we know about the elusive creature comes from research on its remains found in whale stomachs, but scientists ...

Hotel magnate Conrad Hilton fulfilled his dream to purchase the Waldorf-Astoria in 1949. He called the luxury hotel on Park ...

“Going to a theater, with that large of a screen, really makes you feel like you’re part of it, and I think that’s what was ...

The animals graze the vegetation into a picturesque turf, fertilize the soil with their dung and disperse seeds over large ...

Gaudí, nicknamed "God's architect," was declared "venerable" by Pope Francis this week, putting him one step closer to ...

Jaclyn Greenberg is a freelance writer. She has written for the New York Times, CNN, Wired and other publications.

A new Smithsonian Channel documentary will tell you everything you need to know about the beast that eats crocodiles for breakfast and ...