The HMS "Hind," later renamed the "Earl of Chatham," was a frigate in the British Royal Navy before it was repurposed as a ...

Artists such as Rembrandt, the Pre-Raphaelites and Georgian caricaturists used their craft to examine the morality and ...

As the Smithsonian presents the aviator’s restored Vega in Washington, a special replica of the aircraft quietly re-emerges after decades in obscurity ...

The winners of the Mangrove Photography Awards shed light on the ecologically valuable but highly threatened coastal ...

A thin piece of gold reached 33,740 degrees Fahrenheit, which is more than 14 times higher than its melting point, by being ...

Laurie Gwen Shapiro is a journalist, documentary filmmaker and the author of The Aviator and the Showman: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage That Made an American Icon.

A new exhibition at Buckingham Palace will examine the British monarch's life and legacy using evening gowns, suits and ...

Bite marks on a fossilized leg bone found in South America suggest a crocodile-like creature attacked a massive, meat-eating ...

The apex predators, restored to the park in 1995, appear to be keeping the local population of plant-eating elk in check, ...

You can catch meteor showers and a special lunar display early this week, and keep an eye out for the popular Perseids ...