Recent fossil finds could mean that "Lucy" wasn't our direct ancestor, some scientists say. Others strongly disagree.

Deep in the forest of Salta, Argentina, I watch a group of women in long floral skirts expertly wield machetes. Metal blades ...

Aimee Ng, the museum’s new chief curator, broke out of the academic mold with a video series called “Cocktails With a Curator ...

Stories about witches often sound distant and unreal, but every now and then, one rises from the past and feels painfully human. The tale of Grace Sherwood is one of those stories. She lived in the ...

My expedition fellow Andrew Wight said, ‘Have you ever been to Papua New Guinea? There's [the New Britain Trench] there, and ...

A retired Army veteran and former state trooper has pleaded not guilty in the 1997 killing of a young mother whose remains ...