On this day in 1542, the Battle of Solway Moss left James V enfeebled and ill, clearing the way for his young daughter, Mary, ...

Starring Saoirse Ronan as a young mother, the film celebrates Londoners' resilience in the face of an eight-month Nazi aerial ...

Wildlife caretakers released the bird into the Southern Ocean after he'd put on some weight and regained his strength ...

The invention uses light, sound and bubbles to quickly create copies of soft tissue that might one day support testing individualized therapies for cancer and other diseases Margherita Bassi Daily ...

Paleoanthropologists have learned a lot about Lucy, the world’s most famous hominin fossil, since she was discovered in 1974.

Scientists say just 200 grams of the material could capture 44 pounds of the greenhouse gas per year—the same as a large tree ...

Maurizio Cattelan’s perishable piece soared above the pre-auction estimate of $1.5 million and was the subject of an intense ...

The monarch set fashion trends during her time, and the flower holder became a sought-after accessory in Victorian society ...

For decades, researchers have explored a region in Panama that serves as a “manakin melting pot” Jack Tamisiea Do not let the diminutive dimensions of a manakin fool you. Despite only weighing ...

Found etched into clay cylinders in Syria, the strange symbols date to around 2400 B.C.E.—500 years before other known ...

The insects participate in elaborate courtships, are devoted parents, occasionally eat each other and have a gregarious ...