New Yorkers hold a memorial for Flaco, the Eurasian Eagle owl who died last week, leaving cards in his memory under a tree ...

Ancient people of Mount Athos, Greece probably owed their longevity to their bizarre eating habits. Let's take a look at the ...

Across the United States and in other places around the world, Valentine’s Day is a holiday celebrated on 14. Valentine’s Day ...

Indie outfit Beirut has announced its latest project, a new album entitled A Study Of Losses debuting April 18. The record has an interesting backstory: Zach Condon was commissioned by the Swedish ...

The ancient Greeks used to make a wide variety of breads, as they considered it to be of great importance in their eating ...

Similarly, most living things produce records of their own existence in layered body tissues – often in the form of daily or ...

They’re venomous cannibals, hiding in our homes. With something like fifteen quadrillion spiders around, we can’t escape them ...

This expansive forest stretches across several South American countries, breathing life into the very atmosphere we depend on ...

During Library Lovers’ Month it’s appropriate to remember that though the modern library is much different than many of us ...

It's wrong to think of self-esteem as a quality that depends only on what we say and do. Self-congratulation is no substitute for the kindly regard of others.

Scientists say that the two lost, but extremely important books by Apollonius, the Greek mathematician known to the ancient ...

The mantis shrimp’s eyes are incredibly colourful and sophisticated, with the ability to see ultraviolet light and a spectrum we can’t imagine. Snow leopards have piercing golden eyes that ...