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

More than a millennium ago, a Maya community collapsed in the face of a devastating drought. One writer joined an intrepid ...

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A new study highlights the potential of amber fossils to capture evidence of powerful, prehistoric ocean waves ...

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 ...

After years of excavation and study, archaeologists have restored the Küsterberg burial site to its original layout to ...

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

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 ...

Beginning in the Renaissance, locals affixed verses protesting various societal ills to six sculptures scattered across the Italian city History of Now The Chesapeake 1000 was used to construct a ship ...