The human bone fragments were confirmed to belong to early modern humans who inhabited Europe 1,000 years earlier than was previously believed.

Though scientists have long sought to figure out what yawns are and why they're contagious, the answers remain fuzzy as leading theories have been debunked.

In 2007, one Nazi officer's photo album came to light and revealed the gleeful private lives of the SS guards who worked inside the deadliest extermination camp of the Holocaust.

The ancient paving was laid around the time of the Pantheon's original construction between 27 and 25 B.C.

Before Gloria Steinem was the face of second-wave feminism, she was an anti-communist operative for the CIA and went undercover with Playboy to expose their misogynistic practices.

The transmissions were released to mark the 75th anniversary of the Allies' victory in Europe.

After leaving the film industry twice due to bigotry, Anna May Wong became an advocate for the rights of Chinese American citizens.

Research across three U.K. zoos showed that captive otters will start to juggle more as feeding time approaches.

The curly-tailed lizard will eat almost anything, which means it can thrive in foreign territories — but it also means trouble for Florida's native lizards.

Measuring nearly a foot wide, the Goliath bird-eating tarantula takes down prey like mice and birds, then liquefies their internal organs.

The earliest sighting was in the fall of 2019 when two of the insects were uncovered in Washington State.