A journey to the remote Indian Ocean island reveals the story behind the fragrant, delicious, ubiquitous spice—and the ...

A new study suggests two fossil trackways found in Australia were made by an early amniote, a group that today includes ...

From childhood cartoons to thoughtful self-portraits, the acclaimed Southern writer was always a keen observer of her ...

The double-pedestal light fixture brought in $7.5 million. It was designed around 1903 for the Susan Lawrence Dana House, a ...

Observations of Coiba's tool-using immature capuchin monkeys show them carrying abducted infant howler monkeys. What is the ...

The first woman to parachute from an airplane, she will be recognized in an exhibit when part of the newly renovated National ...

British artist and writer Margaret Ithell Colquhoun was a pioneer of Surrealist “automatism,” creating images from charcoal ...

Scientists on Panama's Jicarón Island were mystified by photos and videos of young male capuchins carrying howler monkeys on their backs for days at a time ...

British officers and crew members set out in search of the Northwest Passage on HMS "Erebus" and HMS "Terror." None returned ...

Issued by Edward I in 1300, this version of the historic text is one of only seven known surviving copies. It's been hiding ...

Mount Vesuvius' eruption preserved the Herculaneum scrolls beneath a blanket of ash. Two millennia later, X-ray scans show ...

Tourism is surging in many places around the world—swarmed national parks, throngs of visitors amassing in churches and ...