As humans take up more land for themselves, small animals are expected to survive while larger ones are at greater risk of extinction.

Pemulwuy so successfully evaded death at the hands of the colonizers he resisted that his people came to believe he was actually impervious to lead.

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist remains the largest private property theft in American history — and its last surviving link has just slipped through the authorities' fingers.

Alice Roosevelt Longworth was just as strong-willed and outspoken as her father Theodore Roosevelt, who admitted even he could not control her.

There are actually thousands of sites like Stonehenge across Europe. And one of them may have just unlocked the mysteries of the iconic megalith's origins.

The remote island region of Novaya Zemlya has issued a state of emergency as packs of polar bears descend on their community.

It is believed that the 2 million-year-old skeleton fills the gap between our apelike ancestors and those early humans who used tools.

A four-year streak of gang violence in northwestern England has ended as hitman Mark Fellows was brought to justice via his Garmin Forerunner.

The horse was found in full saddle suggesting that it was being prepped to rescue those fleeing the volcanic eruption.

Conservationists and biologists alike are optimistic that these findings could repopulation what was once thought to be a lost species.

Arturo Martinez was arrested by San Bernardino County police for posing as a woman online and soliciting sexual services from a minor.