When The Phantom of the Opera opened on January 26, 1988, there was no way to know that it would become the longest-running ...

Researchers tracking female bats in central Europe found they migrated much farther in a single night than previously thought ...

The solitary fish named Mambo stopped eating and seemed to be missing its human visitors—so aquarists attached photos of ...

People lived in many parts of the Old World by then but had not yet reached Australia or the Americas. The bulk of the human ...

Earth-bound landmarks ravaged by war, climate change, tourism and other threats also landed in the World Monuments Watch report Sarah Kuta Daily Correspondent Experts are concerned that artifacts ...

Beginning this Friday, January 24, giant pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao are officially on view to the public at the Smithsonian’s ...

The court rejected a case to send five African elephants to a sanctuary, saying they have no legal right to demand release ...

DNA extracted from 57 individuals buried in a 2,000-year-old cemetery provides evidence of a "matrilocal" community in Iron ...

Seventy-five years ago, a Douglas C-54D Skymaster disappeared en route from Alaska to Montana. No trace of its crew and ...

These small but mighty pups have roots on family farms in Denmark and Sweden, where they helped catch rodents, herd livestock, hunt and watch over the property Sarah Kuta Daily Correspondent The ...

Using ground-penetrating radar and laser scanners, researchers identified subterranean structures just a few feet below the ...