The name actually comes from the lute, a 15th century French instrument that looks like a bloated banjo. People who made ...

This tiny bird sculpture was created 40,000 years ago by early humans in Europe who carved the key animals in their lives.

The prehistoric settlement of Wangen-Hinterhorn and its pile dwellings were first identified in the shallow water zone along ...

Known as the Tantiusques, the mine was sold to John Winthrop Jr., the son of the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay ...

When we think of bones, we usually imagine the skeleton or the structure that holds us together. But bones have done much ...

An emotional rescue for America came via the first U.S. artificial satellite. Explorer 1 was boosted into space by the Army ...

In the ancient city of Fez, Morocco's oldest museum has reopened its doors allowing visitors to see Islamic arts and ...

As the oldest airline in the world, KLM still has the same name it had when it was first founded in 1919. Founded on October 7, 1919 by eight investors, it became the Koninklijke Luchtvaart ...

Using environmental DNA analysis and traditional fishing techniques, researchers are seeking answers about the current ...

Dating to the year 700 CE, the Afghan Liturgical Quire is on view at the Jewish Theological Seminary Library’s exhibit, “Sacred Words: Revealing the Earliest Hebrew Book.” A medieval ...

Iichi Marumo started competing in his late 80s, after a life spent farming, publishing poetry and volunteering to fly in a kamikaze mission during World War II. Iichi Marumo competing in a 500 ...

But these aren't just any sexagenarians we're talking about; these are geckos, believed to be the world's oldest on record, discovered on a small island in New Zealand. Marieke Lettink ...