The ancient settlement's discovery provides evidence of advanced urban planning in Chinese society much earlier than previously known.

Wildlife photographers submitted their best work in the 2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year competition — and the results did not disappoint.

Hattie McDaniel believed she was making new opportunities for people of color in the industry, but civil rights activists criticized her for the stereotypical roles she accepted.

King penguins' nitrogen-rich diet of fish and krill makes their poop a potent source of nitrous oxide.

When the bubonic plague killed a resident of San Francisco's Chinatown in 1900, the city and state tried to hide it — and then ostracized Asian immigrants.

The woman had to drive 50 miles before coming in contact with a park ranger who could help her.

Park officials have put out a notice warning visitors to steer clear of these stunning yet venomous sea creatures.

As a founding member of the National Women's Political Caucus, the fearless Jill Ruckelshaus joined Gloria Steinem and other feminists to fight for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.

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.