When the Confederate submarine Hunley sank a Union warship 150 years ago, it didn’t change the course of the Civil War, yet it altered naval warfare forever.
Valentine’s Day is filled not only with cards, roses and chocolates but plenty of history as well.
In honor of Darwin Day, learn 10 surprising facts about the famed evolutionary biologist Charles Darwin.
According to new research by a Canadian historian, the 1918 flu outbreak that killed 50 million people originated in China.
As the XXII Winter Olympics open in Sochi, Russia, look back at the humble origins of the Winter Games 90 years ago.
Texas Tech University scientists have unearthed evidence of a previously unknown species of ancient crocodile-like creatures.
Look out Indiana Jones. A family of burrowing rabbits, not a team of archaeologists, has discovered a trove of Bronze Age artifacts in England.
