In the early fourth century A.D., Rome was notorious for persecuting Christians. Yet the night before battle, Constantine ...

These ancient trees persisted for nearly 200 million years until they all but vanished. Now they line city streets.

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Low levels of vitamin D seem to raise your risk of heart attack but scientists are still figuring out why—and whether ...

Nearly 60 square miles burned and 100,000 people were displaced. Now many are holding on to what they found—in their homes ...

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Egyptian geese are aggressively territorial. During mating, they are monogamous, making it likely the pair fighting the ...

Rapper Bad Bunny may have shone a light on Puerto Rico’s cultural riches recently, but the Caribbean island has long been a ...

Few scenes in the Christian imagination are as iconic as the three travelers kneeling before the infant Jesus, their camels ...

A natural experiment in a national park in Patagonia shows how the return of a large predator can reshape an ecosystem.