Painted around 1510, the mysterious altarpiece by an unknown artist features unusual details, including a slobbering dragon ...

Witold Pilecki smuggled reports about Germany's war crimes to the Allies, urging them to stop the atrocities at Auschwitz by ...

A new exhibition celebrates the often-overlooked endpapers of more than 50 works of children's literature ranging from the ...

Prior to his final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, the French ruler gave the saber to one of his most trusted generals, ...

Zoo officials are looking for experts to help preserve and digitize the decaying film canisters, which date to between the ...

Researchers suggest powerful bursts from magnetars—collapsed stars with strong magnetic fields—may have contributed up to 10 percent of all elements heavier than iron in the Milky Way ...

A new analysis of wild gorillas in Rwanda indicates the effects of different social styles are dependent on context ...