The Zidanku Silk Manuscripts were smuggled into the United States in the 1940s. Scholars say they provide remarkable insights ...

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The adaptation appears to help the fish cope with high temperatures, since individuals and breeding pairs that shrank ...

At 89 years old, the Historic Hangar is the oldest building on CLT property. In this image, staff and volunteers back a Piedmont Airlines DC-3 into the newly restored hangar. Dron ...

Diane Arbus’ work was included in only a handful of museum exhibitions before she died, by her own hand, at the age of 48 in 1971. Nevertheless, she had already gained renown with a series of ...

Working with local Indigenous people, biologist František Vejmělka spent six months surveying the creatures that live on ...

Written with clarity and wit by two top scientists, North American Tree Squirrels illuminates the everyday lives of gray and ...

The adaptation appears to help the fish cope with high temperatures, since individuals and breeding pairs that shrank improved their survival odds May 22, 2025 3:15 p.m. After years of excavation ...

The tiny Carnarvon flapjack octopus is the latest of ten species described by Australian scientists after a 2022 research ...

The artifacts were buried in the graves of a young woman and child, who may have converted to Christianity in Africa before traveling to the region, researchers say ...

One act of generosity during the Great Famine forged a bond that transcends generations Austin West visits Kindred Spirits, a monument to the Choctaw in County Cork. The 20-foot-high steel ...