Pet owners often pick "designer dogs" because they think they’ll be easier to train and friendlier with kids than purebreeds. A new study suggests that's not always the case ...

Virginia teenager Mia Heller’s filtration system harnesses the power of ferrofluid, a magnetic oil that binds to ...

Found in a Polish forest, the town of Stolzenberg appears to have been built around the turn of the 14th century. Surveys ...

Static electricity may seem simple. Students often learn that rubbing a balloon against their hair will cause negatively ...

The artwork, which depicts the changing seasons in Normandy, is the centerpiece of "A Year in Normandie and Some Other Thoughts About Painting," a new exhibition in London ...

By snatching chloroplasts from algae, animals called sacoglossans produce their own energy through photosynthesis ...

Ahead of the March 22 premiere of a new TV adaptation, learn about the life of Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, the French Army ...

Crowds once mingled below two tall arcades supported by 164-foot-tall columns. But due to earthquakes and unstable foundations, these architectural elements collapsed long ago ...

A new exhibition at Yale Library explores the history of typos across five centuries. Visitors will see corrections that were ...

Three leaves had been missing for more than a century. Researchers found one of them when they decided on a whim to check the ...

More than a century ago, the massive mammals actually grazed beside the Smithsonian Castle. As of today, two large sculptures continue that legacy as they flank the museum’s main entrance ...

British soldiers met at Lydia Darragh's house in Philadelphia, presenting the perfect opportunity for the Quaker woman to ...