The 10.38-carat gemstone, which carries an estimate of $3 million to $5 million, was owned by generations of European royalty ...

Hikers at Joseph D. Grant County Park, just outside of San Jose, saw an Argentine black and white tegu last week—and rangers ...

On the Isle of Man, a metal detectorist has discovered a squished fragment of a 11th-century Viking treasure: a piece of an ...

Poaching is a major threat to rhinoceroses around the world. In South Africa alone, more than 400 rhinos are killed every ...

Astronomer Vera Rubin, now honored on a U.S. quarter, transformed our understanding of the universe by uncovering powerful ...

Smithsonian Folklife Festival, the Museum of Contemporary American Teenager is teaming up with American University to bring ...

Much of Mackinac Island was designated as a national park in 1875, but it proved to be too expensive for the government to maintain, so it was transferred to the State of Michigan in 1895 ...

Nearly 450 objects are heading to auction this month. The collection reveals the "Twin Peaks" director's restless creativity ...

American colonists who aligned with the British lost their lands, their reputations and sometimes even their lives ...

Between 2010 and 2021, authorities seized around five million individual sea horses worth more than $21 million ...

A new study combines A.I., radiocarbon dating and handwriting analysis to estimate new dates for some of the ancient scrolls, ...

Painted in 1666, "View of Olinda, Brazil, With Ruins of the Jesuit Church" is a masterpiece by Frans Post, one of the first ...