From a humble first game with peach baskets and a soccer ball on this day in 1891, basketball evolved quickly into one of the ...

From a total solar eclipse that captivated our continent to record temperatures that scorched the planet, these were the ...

The familiar rodents, known for eating nuts and seeds, have been spotted hunting and decapitating voles in a gruesome dietary ...

Although it was just a byproduct of developing a new type of reactor, the generation of electricity from nuclear energy ...

Five years after the first sighting in Washington state, intense efforts have eradicated the bee-killing hornets from the ...

Though experts say more work is needed to understand the findings, this line of study might offer a way to monitor ...

The U.S. Mint's American Women Quarters Program has announced its fourth and final group of honorees from throughout American ...

In 2018, fewer than 100 Sombrero ground lizards remained on Sombrero Island—but now, more than 1,600 of the critically ...

Veterans and dignitaries gathered in Belgium and Luxembourg this month to reflect on the deadly World War II conflict that ...

Discovered in central Germany, the 1,800-year-old silver artifact held a tiny scroll, which researchers have now deciphered ...

Researchers found that ancient Mesopotamians associated body parts with emotions, just as we do—but they discovered some ...