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The Little-Known Story of the Enslaved Africans Who Found Freedom in the European Fight Over North America

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This Nearly 50-Foot-Long Sock Monkey Sculpture Is the Largest on Earth, Guinness World Records Confirms

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How Do Horses Whinny? Scientists Say They've Figured Out How the Majestic Animals Make This Distinctive Sound

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This Famous 17th-Century Elephant Sculpture in Rome Keeps Losing the Tip of Its Tusk

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After the 'King of the Underground Railroad' Escaped From Slavery, He Led 1,500 Others to Freedom

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See How Ovid's 'Metamorphoses' Inspired Centuries of Artists—From Caravaggio to René Magritte

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A Mass Grave Uncovered in Serbia Hints at a Violent Iron Age Massacre That Targeted Women and Children

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These Extraordinary Photographs of Golden Age Hollywood Stars, From Greta Garbo to Clark Gable, Are Worth a Second Look

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Listen to What Archivists Believe to Be Oldest-Known Whale Recording

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Rare and Original Watercolor Illustrations of Rudyard Kipling’s ‘The Jungle Book’ Go Up for Auction

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Lifelong Learning Might Lower Your Risk of Developing Alzheimer's Disease, a New Study Suggests

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Why Did a Man Build This Secret Passageway Below a Dresser Drawer Nearly 200 Years Ago? Historians Think It Was Part of the Underground Railroad

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Can Apes Play Pretend? What Scientists Learned From Having Imaginary 'Tea Parties' With Kanzi the Bonobo

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Construction Workers Digging in Northern England Stumble Upon a 2,200-Pound Cannon That May Be More Than 300 Years Old

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Giant Tortoises Vanished From the Galápagos' Floreana Island More Than 150 Years Ago. Now, Conservationists Have Brought Them Back

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The Oldest State Park in America Is About to Expand

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See the First Known Footage of an Elusive Southern Sleeper Shark Swimming in Antarctica's Near-Freezing Waters

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The Nazis Stole This Rare Jewish Prayer Book Decorated With Dragons, Unicorns and Intricate Floral Patterns. It Just Sold for $6.4 Million at Auction

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This Austrian Diplomat Resigned When the Nazis Annexed His Country. To Make Ends Meet, His Wife Turned to Dressmaking—and Captivated the American Public

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NASA Report Reveals the Failures That Left Two Astronauts 'Stranded' on the International Space Station

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