From a first-century poet to a Roman consul’s wife.

Ptolemy's compendium, later known as the Almagest, dominated Western astronomy for 15 centuries. It was also wrong, and it took the fall of an empire to fix it.

Across the country, communities are mapping out where to get their seasonal fish fix.

Families across the U.S. are finding each other through a forgotten, historically Black graveyard.

A worship of over 16,000 hats… plus 32,000 pens and pencils.

Welcome to the ghost town of a modern Vesuvius that never happened.

Along the Pacific Coast, fast and furious sunflower sea stars are vicious hunters as adults—and they're even hungrier when young.

Marvel at crisp blue skies, snow-capped hills, bustling breweries, and sparkling landscapes.

Listeners share places that instantly made them feel at home, from Parisian streets to an ancient Egyptian temple.

One of history's earliest mixed drinks was made to appease a ferocious goddess.

Well-preserved ancient plants and other finds at the Clarkia fossil beds hint at what kind of evidence any Martian life may have left behind.

Find the Easter eggs—or the naked lady.

They still can’t fully crack the mystery.

Plus three that are, sadly, just myths.

A new museum delves into our cute and terrifying relationship with gators.

For decades, East Africa was considered the birthplace of our species. Fossils from Morocco suggest otherwise.

An institution dedicated to honoring Black American military history got its start in one man's garage.