New Zealand has hundreds of varieties of earthworms, some of them quite large, but most live far away from human society.

Nattiwan Rakkunjet tried to tell doctors her kids were suffering from a seafood allergy — but she had been slowly poisoning them both.

Though federal law prohibits using DNA from victims in the national Combined DNA Index System, states and cities often retain DNA in their own databases.

Queen Nefertiti lived in ancient Egypt between 1370 and 1330 B.C.E and was the mother of Tutankhamun, or King Tut.

Pieper Lewis, 17, was also sentenced to five years of probation for killing 38-year-old Zachary Brooks on June 1, 2020.

Myrtle Brown's family last heard from her in May 1990, when she left home to visit a friend in New York City.

Residents in Maaroom, Australia, have been carrying sticks to defend themselves after at least two people, including an elderly woman, were injured by the kangaroo mob.

First proposed in 1977, Indigenous Peoples' Day aims to replace the increasingly controversial Columbus Day by honoring Native American history.

This tiny papyrus fragment is 2,700 years old and is one of just three that has ever been discovered from the First Temple Period.

The 1947 murder of 22-year-old Elizabeth Short has baffled investigators for over 75 years. Was one of these jealous, criminal, or even famous men the Black Dahlia's killer?

Though giant otters have been found before, the species identified in Ethiopia is believed to be the largest ever discovered.