Extreme weather caused by global warming is expected to increasingly challenge the yields of conventional crops like corn, wheat, and soy.  Small-scale farmers — who lack the re...

American wild turkeys have made a remarkable comeback.  The birds' population, which had fallen to about 200,000 specimens in the early 1900s, has risen to over 7 million today....

The Southern Tropical Andes, which comprises areas of Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, is one of the world's most biodiverse regions — especially when it comes to amphibians. The are...

The infamous Salem witch trials, which took place in colonial Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693, were a dark period in America's legal history.  More than 200 people were wron...

The mummified remains of Amenhotep I, who ruled Egypt from around 1525 to 1504 BC, were unearthed over a century ago, in1881. But the pharaoh's sarcophagus, exquisitely dressed ...